“To Keep a Birthplace”: An Administrative History of John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
Lowe HI and Organization of American Historians. 2023. “To Keep a Birthplace”: An Administrative History of John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site. National Park Service. https://doi.org/10.36967/2302805
The National Park Service (NPS) opened the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site (JOFI), in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1969 to commemorate the life of the 35th president, John F. Kennedy, at the home where he was born in 1917. The site was a gift from Rose Kennedy, and the Kennedy family, to the nation. It joined the Park Service initially as part of a unit managed by the Boston Service Group, a regional administrative unit that managed many parks and units that were in development and several small sites. The Administrative History traces the history of the establishment and management of John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site from efforts to commemorate the house during his presidency through the beginning of the 21st century.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lowe, Hilary; Organization of American Historians
- Date of Issue
- 2023-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2302805
- Units
- JOFI
- Keywords
- Administrative History