Kennedy and Fitzgerald Family Origins Tour

Park Event · John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site · Jul 8, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026 · 10:15 AM–11:45 AM

Join us in an exploration of the Kennedy and Fitzgerald families' Boston roots. During this 90-minute tour, we'll visit sites of identity, faith, and community in downtown Boston and the North End and consider questions of transition, permanence, and belonging: How did the Irish and Irish American experience inform their sense of selves? What role did religion and the power of American democracy have in shaping their character? How did the Kennedys and the Fitzgeralds view the communities that made up the city of Boston? How were they shaped by the communities they lived in and in turn, how was the city transformed by them?

The Origins Tour will be offered on Wednesdays throughout July and August at 10:15 a.m.

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