Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Joseph Patrick Kennedy was born on September 6, 1888, in Boston Massachusetts. He was born the son of Patrick Joseph Kennedy, a local politician and successful businessman, and his wife Mary Augusta Hickey Kennedy. His parents wanted only the best for young Joe. In 1901 Joe was enrolled in Boston Latin, and elite boys catholic school. He was a very popular student there as president of his class, colonel on the drill team, a baseball player, and valedictorian. …
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…the 35th President of the United States of America.
In the middle of his life, when a Boston newspaper referred to him as an "Irishman" one time too many, Joe exploded: "Goddamn it! I was born in this country! My children were born in this country! What the hell does someone have to do to become and American?" And that he was not only an American, but also probably the epitome of the American dream.
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