Inside the massive Kennedy family Camelot compound passed down since 1928

For nearly a century, the Kennedy family’s sprawling Hyannis Port compound has served as the backdrop to countless summer celebrations, where days were spent sailing on Nantucket Sound, swimming off the Cape Cod coastline and taking part in fiercely competitive games of touch football.The waterfront retreat became so synonymous with the political dynasty’s warm-weather traditions that images of the Kennedys gathered on its sprawling lawns or setting sail from its private pier helped cement the family’s idyllic “Camelot” image.And as summer drew to a close, the Kennedys could often still be found embracing the activities that had defined their months in Hyannis Port.It was there that John F.Kennedy spent his final Labor Day holiday in 1963, enjoying an activity-filled weekend with wife Jacqueline Kennedy, their children, relatives and friends just months before his assassination.Archival footage from that weekend captures the family swimming, boating and spending time along the waterfront—offering an intimate glimpse at the traditions that made the compound much more than a collection of impressive homes.Long before the Kennedy name became synonymous with American politics, summers in Hyannis Port were centered around family—and plenty of competition.The Kennedy children grew up swimming, sailing, playing tennis, riding horses and facing off in games of touch football, activities that became deeply intertwined with the family’s time on Cape Cod.Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, one of Joseph and Rose Kennedy’s nine children, was known to enjoy horseback riding, tennis, swimming, sailing and touch football during the family’s summers in Hyannis Port, according to the National Park Service.Those activities were hardly limited to one member of the family.Joseph Kennedy encouraged a competitive spirit among his children, and the expansive outdoor spaces and waterfront setting surrounding their summer home provided an ideal playground for the...