John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
National Historic Site
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Nearest city: Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°20′45″N, 71°07′28″W
Area: 0.09 acres (364 m²)
Established: May 26, 1967
Total Visitation: 7,616 (in 2005)
Governing body: National Park Service
John F. Kennedy's home in Brookline, Mass., 1974.
John F. Kennedy's home in Brookline, Mass., 1974.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, located in Brookline, Massachusetts, commemorates the life of President John F. Kennedy. Tours of his home are offered, and a film is presented.

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The Kennedy home in Brookline, Massachusetts was the birthplace and childhood home of John F. Kennedy. His sisters, Rosemary and Kathleen, were also born in the house. The house itself was purchased by Joseph P. Kennedy in 1914 and the family lived there for the next seven years, until increased success and family size motivated the Kennedys to move to a larger home just a few blocks away.

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