Tese’s Historic Visit

I visited the 1917 birth

place of America’s first president

of Catholic and Irish descent.

In the historically significant

town of America’s northeast.

Once identified as the disdainful

“Beantown.”

It got me so thrilled that all I could

utter in my amazement and wildest

fascination was a jaw rending wow!!

The artefacts, the vintage furniture,

the early 20th century switch hook,

the relics of the sitting room, bedrooms,

bathrooms, restrooms and kitchen,

all aged a century plus.

The home the all time American great;

John Fitzgerald once called his childhood

home.

The childhood residence of Joe the ill-fated air man.

The childhood residence of the ambitious but tragically mowed down Bob.

The childhood residence of decades long lawmaker, Ted.

And the childhood residence of poor Kathleen, disabled Rosemary, and the athletic and philanthropic Eunice.

For me, it was nothing more than a metamorphosis of abstract history

brought to the fruition of tangible reality.