The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum Foundation has announced that Dorothy A. Savarese, retired CEO of Cape Cod Five has received the 2023 JFK Hyannis Museum Founders Community Leadership Award. Created in 2015 to recognize outstanding examples of leadership in the inspiration of others, in the advancement of the civic and economic well-being of
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Most Americans have a general knowledge of the Presidents who have led this country, perhaps not everyone of the 46 Presidents, but the most famous or controversial. Our first President, George Washington, is recognized as the “Father of our Country”; Abraham Lincoln is remembered as the “Great Unifier” during the Civil War; Franklin Roosevelt
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The JFK Hyannis Museum has received a grant of $2,500 from the Mass Cultural Council through its Projects Program. Specifically, the grant will support a program begun last year and returning in 2023, called Walks with a Purpose. We are grateful that funds for the Projects Program was made possible through the support of the
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The opening words of our constitution — the Preamble — is really a job description by the American people that lays out the goals and responsibilities of the newly formed government. The Preamble as presented states the following: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish
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Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated museums in Massachusetts on Tripadvisor. Tripadvisor rankings factor in the average rating and number of reviews. The JFK Hyannis Museum is rated #28 with a 4.0/5 rating (1,201 reviews). Read The Article
Changing HERSTORY – Recently, the leadership of the Cape Cod Community Foundation spoke at the JFK Hyannis Museum about a new initiative to build a community of support and deepening investments in women and girls in our community. The foundation’s Women and Girls Fund has a simple vision: to change lives. We are sharing this
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On March 9th, JFK Hyannis Museum's Executive Director Wendy Northcross was a presenter on an ACONS webinar - "The Kennedys and Nantucket Sound' . Wendy discussed the Kennedy family and their love of Nantucket Sound and the sea and also provided rare images and great insights into the Kennedy legacy on Cape Cod!
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JFK’s secret doomsday bunker on Nantucket, which was designed to provide temporary shelter from radioactive fallout, could become a National Historic Landmark—but efforts to preserve its history have stalled. Full Article
February talks include Dr. Michael Kryzanek on the impact of the national mid-term elections and Robert Reynolds, retired CIA officer on Russia versus Ukraine The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum has announced the return of its winter speaker series beginning Thursday, February 9 at 11 am in the Scudder Family Center for Civic
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A massive bust of John F. Kennedy was installed in the East Aldine community Wednesday. It was created by well-known sculptor David Adickes, who is 95. The statue is a part of a project the community calls "JFK on JFK." You can find it at the intersection of John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Aldine Bender Road,
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