JFK's Background

Hi, my name is John Fitzgerald Kennedy. I was born on May 29th, 1917 in Brookline, Mass. I was the second of four sons and one daughter. My father was Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and my mother was Rose Fitzgerald. When I was ten years old, I moved to a 20 room mansion in Riverdale, Bronx, NYC. Two years later I moved to a 21 room estate 5 miles away. I was a boy scout from 1929 to 1931, and I was the first boy scout to be president. As a young man I attended Canterbury school and I went to Choate boarding school for my high school years. I later graduated from Harvard in 1940 with a science degree. I always felt like I was in my older brothers' shadow, and as a result, I was quite the trouble maker there. In Oct. of 1935 I enrolled late in Princeton College and spent a 6 weeks there. In early 1936, I was hospitalized at Peter Bent Brigham in Boston for possible Leukemia. I recuped at my familys' estate. From there, I was off to Harvard. I went on to be a Mass. Senator, Mass. Represenative, and 35th president of the United States, all as a Democrat.