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President John F. Kennedy watches the first race of the 1962 America's Cup off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. Cecil Stoughton/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
In September 1963, CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite interviews Kennedy for his first half-hour nightly news broadcast. Cecil Stoughton/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy and his son, John Jr., in a rowboat in Newport, Rhode Island. Benjamin C. Bradlee, editor of the Washington Post, and Antoinette Bradlee walk in the background. Robert Knudsen/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
John Jr. smiles at the wheel of a boat off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Cecil Stoughton/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy at the helm of the U.S. Coast Guard boat Manitou off the coast of Johns Island, Maine. Robert Knudsen/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy reads the newspaper aboard the presidential yacht Honey Fitz off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Cecil Stoughton/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
President and Mrs. Kennedy observe the America's Cup race off Newport, Rhode Island. Robert Knudsen/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy inspects the Coast Guard barque Eagle. Robert Knudsen/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy with daughter Caroline off the coast of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Cecil Stoughton/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy sailing aboard the Manitou off the coast of Maine. Robert Knudsen/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy steers a golf cart in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with Jacqueline, Maria Shriver, Sydney Lawford, Tim Shriver and John Jr. Cecil Stoughton/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy with Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, John Kerry (far left), Janet Auchincloss in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Robert Knudsen/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy sits with Caroline, brother-in-law Steve Smith and niece, Maria Shriver, aboard the presidential yacht Honey Fitz near Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Cecil Stoughton/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy and Jacqueline watch the first race of the 1962 America's Cup off Newport, Rhode Island. Robert Knudsen/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Kennedy on the Manitou in Narragansett Bay. Cecil Stoughton/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
