Inside JFK's Former Country Retreat 

They shouldn't market this as JFK's country retreat. It was ALL Jackie Kennedy's vision, planning and escape. He bought the property to placate Jackie's desire to escape DC's fishbowl and her love of riding. The fact that she planned something so tasteful instead of something huge and obnoxious is a testament to her breeding and good taste,

My uncle was in the Secret Service during the Kennedy Era and was assigned to Wexford.

Nancy Reagan said that her time at Wexford during the 1980 campaign was the happiest memory of that period in their life. Liz Taylor and her husband then senator John Warner were neighbors, and greeted them when they arrived. Ronald Reagan would go horse riding there. As a presidential historian, I would love to own this property and be surrounded by the history of these two Irish American presidents.

JFK tolerated Jackie building Wexford and he did go there a couple of weekends after it was finished. However JFK loved the water so Hyannis Port remained his favorite place to get some R&R. Also the Secret Service had to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to make sure they were set up at WEXFORD as well. Myself, I love WEXFORD and would gladly live there!!!

The plaque said " Nov. 16, 1963 ". That's only six days before the assassination, not two weeks. She should pay attention !!

Regarding the tunnel. She said no one knows where the opening is in the house. Can't someone go back through it from the basement end and see where it leads too?

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The raised hearth was because of his bad back.

The narrator became a little emotional at the end. Me too. I'm so happy the house is preserved.

President Kennedy hated this place. He said to a friend, "What the hell am I doing way out here?" He let Jackie build it as a retreat for her to keep and ride horses and join in fox hunts. It had zero appeal for him. After his assassination, Jackie unloaded it as quickly as she could. The scenery is very beautiful!

I wonder if Caroline visited this house today would it bring happiness or sadness or would it be bittersweet? Or maybe she doesn’t remember.

Great video and fabulous Narrative , its hard not to sense your Awe and your Sadness, our only honest President and he Paid with his life. God Bless our only President who cared enough to take them on! J...

I would buy and preserve this home if I had the money. It would not be modified or exploited in anyway! Always available to the family. I would erect bronze statues of the family as they were at Wexford in November 1963.

I pray someone will buy this and preserve it and not change it. I imagine some mac mansion will replace it.

Great video. I really enjoy the downtown Manhattan penthouses & condos the best on this channel! I really hope to see more of that!

My house is up the road from that house

Wexford sold in 2017 for $2.8 million; a bargain, really.

Did the Kennedy family ever return to visit this retreat after the assassination? Does anyone know when it left Kennedy family hands?

Great to see this, and to get a feel for what the house offered the Kennedy's. We didn't know the Reagan's later stayed there as well. Two minor details are wrong. It is NOT the only house built for a sitting President. The Gettysburg home of President Eisenhower was built while he was President. The other point is that the Kennedy's stayed at Wexford the week before he was killed, not two weeks. As not sign says in the video, November 16, 1963. The President of course, died on Nov 22nd.

Great memories of great man. Kindly preserve it.

Jackie Kennedy spent many hours supervising every aspect of this house. She wanted a retreat in horse country . She even hung Indian karma sutra pictures on the walls. Unfortunatley for Jackie, JFK disliked the house. He thought the ceilings were too low and the ranch style was off putting.They Kennedys only stayed here three times. Jackie sold it six months after the assassination.

Great narrative and video. Thanks so much for sharing an important piece of history. Bomb shelter was very interesting piece of what we now never think about. Thx again! 🙏

Wow ! shes great ! nice presentation!

They could at least clean the sign!

Jackie never returned after jfk passed, she simply said it was just to painful.

Absolutely gorgeous!!

They might have filmed it during the spring or summer when it was green & covered in pretty colors...

Great video

Somewhere in the US government or the Kennedy library there would be specifics about a bomb shelter that someone built for the sitting US president. I can understand why no current owner would want to crawl up there and find out. Very creepy.

Han pasado los años, mas de medio siglo de ese suceso, y muchos que conocemos esa historia no la hemos olvidado.. John Kennedy el mejor presidente, Jackie la mas distinguida primera dama y sus dos hijos adorables, johncito tierno y adorable, vivio con su padre solo 3 años.. lo veo en los videos lleno de confianza y divertido... Y pienso tan pequeño nunca imaginamos que se quedaria sin su padre a esa temprana edad..

Cool😊

This house is awesome

Its like a typical countryside house in Ireland - not including the stables and bomb shelter of course. I stumbled on some home movies of the Kennedy's here a few nights ago but it made me too sad to watch it all.

It is lovely but there is a presence, i can't put my finger on what it is.

is this house for sale?

Amo a los Kennedy, desde que era niña.. cuando asesinaron a RFK, comence a sentir curiosidad por sus vidas, admiraba Jackie, por su elegancia, soy un año mayor que Carolina, yo quería ser como ella, me gustaban mucho sus vestidos, y el pequeño John era adorable...

Jackie designed the house from scratch. JFK hated it. Kennedys only spent two weekends there. Jackie unloaded it as soon as she could.

Jackie liked to ride horses John Kennedy didn’t ..he enjoyed the water swimming boating

It’s not bad but I am still not a fan of ranch style bungalows.

Built by and for a sitting U.S. President? So this was publicly funded?

She's nice.... 6 days before

JFk proberabely got his only real relaxation . From all the Presidential pressures . Sad he only was hear for sutch a . Very short time. He like To. T rump truly loved all people .he was a Decorated war hero . In WWII Navy officer . In charge of PT109. War time PT Boost fleet .crew . Got to see the great War movie . Called . PT. 109. No holly wood .imvelishment . Facts exact . Great famous actors top best actors list . Real ships and real boats . A great interesting movie .A real glimpse into the military life of . One if the most wonderful patriots .to serve as America's beloved . President .