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SCRIPT: The sleepy coastal town of Hyannis Port is home to just a few hundred people... but it’s been put on the map by the Kennedy family. This is the home where Joe and Rose brought their children every summer... and as they grew up, they all took other houses on what’s become known as the Kennedy Compound - Bobby next door, and John in a house behind the main property. When John ... more 

SCRIPT: The sleepy coastal town of Hyannis Port is home to just a few hundred people... but it’s been put on the map by the Kennedy family. This is the home where Joe and Rose brought their children every summer... and as they grew up, they all took other houses on what’s become known as the Kennedy Compound - Bobby next door, and John in a house behind the main property. When John became President, he still spent as much time as he could at his Cape Cod retreat, arriving from Washington by helicopter. The curator of the Hyannis JFK Museum says the President was able to relax here, despite his duties: SOUNDBITE 1 Rebecca Pierce-Merrick (woman) Co-founder and curator, Hyannis JFK Museum, (English, 15 sec) “He was the President, he was a world leader, but he was the guy who, you know, drove the golf-cart around with the gaggle of kids hanging off it and he was the guy who walked the kids down to the penny store in Hyannis Port. Everything he did here was just like a regular dad or a regular husband.” The Museum’s new exhibition shows the former president’s life-long connection with the area - with the focus on the last summer he spent here, 50 years ago. Many of the exhibits show JFK enjoying time with family and friends... but it was a summer struck with sadness, when the Kennedy’s newborn son Patrick died... And less