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The Enduring Qualities: An Exploration of the Origins of the Fitzgerald and Kennedy Families in Boston

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Description

Ranger Jon 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 their communities and how was the city transformed by them?

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55 minutes, 49 seconds

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