Grief: Members of the Kennedy family at the funeral of assassinated president John F. Kennedy at Washington DC. From left: Ted, Caroline (aged 6), Mrs Kennedy, Bobby and three-year-old John who made the world weep when he saluted his father's coffin.
Sound Beach, New York. Sound Beach, established in 1929, is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the north part of the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 7,612 at the 2010 census.
Brant Beach lies between Ship Bottom and Beach Haven Crest from 31st Street to 74th. Below Long Beach Boulevard, 53rd through 74th Streets bear the names of Naval officers of the nineteenth century and are part of the original development of Brant Beach. The area is governed by Long Beach Township, and the township's Munciple Buildings are in Brant Beach at 68th Street and Long Beach Boulevard. Lifeguards patrol all of the township's beaches from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from June 21 through Labor Day.