Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., with his characteristic ... In triumph and tragedy alike, the compound served as a backdrop. It was ...

but his mother reversed the names so Joseph wouldn’t be immediately marked as Irish. Joe Kennedy came from a comfortable home; P. J. was in the liquor business, engaged in local politics and had ...

With their wealth and power, the Kennedy family has been touted as the closest thing to royalty in America. Having left their homeland of Ireland in the 1840s to escape the potato famine, the Kennedys ...