Hyannis Port is  the largest of seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod.  It is the commerical and transportation hub of Cape Cod.  Many people refer to Hyannis as the "Capital of the Cape." 

Hyannis is an important tourist destination and the primary ferry boat and General aviation link for passengers and freight to Nantucket Island.  It has a large natural harbor making it the largest recreational boating and second largest commerical fishing port on Cape Cod.

The JFK Hyannis Museum in the old Town Hall on Main St. focuses on John F. Kennedy's time spent in the town.

Hyannis Port is an affluent residential village on Hyannis Harbor to the southwest of Hyannis.  It has a small U.S. Post Office next door to a small seasonal convenience store.  It is the location of the several Kennedy family residences and is included in the National Register of Historic Places.

Joseph and Rose Kennedy bought a summer house at Hyannis Port in 1929.  They had been renting the house.  In time, their children established homes on adjacent properties.  These houses and the Cape Cod location began to serve as the backdrop for the Kennedy family gatherings throughout the years.

The Main Cottage of the Kennedy Compound

Points of Interest:

John F. Kennedy Museum, JFK Memorial, Baptist Meeting House, Cape Cod Scenic Railroad, Harbor Walk, Kennedy Compound area, Kalmus Park & Sound Beaches, Ferries to the Islands.

Reliving the Camelot Years, quotations from our 35th President, John F. Kennedy

• Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
• Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind
  -United Nations Address, September 25, 1961
• Victory has a hundred fathers, and defeat is an orphan.
• Is there such a thing as Shoppers Anonymous?
  -Upon receiving a $40,000 bill for his wife's clothes
• I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House-with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
  -At a dinner for Nobel Prize winners.
• I have just received the following telegram from my generous Daddy. It says, "Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide."
• I have the best of both worlds: a Harvard education and a Yale degree.
  -Upon receiving an honorary Yale degree.
• There may be thousands of American more qualified to be President than me, but the choice is between two: Nixon and myself.
• When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were.
• Washington is a city of southern efficiency and northern charm.
• Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I am the only man standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

Everyone should visit Hyannis Port at one time or another.