Summer Holidays
This holiday is a celebration of America's independence from England
Fourth of July/Independence Day
Summer on the water is where it's at, but when a shark starts attacking the local shoreline, the town needs to find a way to get on with summer.
This was invented entirely by accident in 1905 when an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson left a cup of soda with a stirring stick outside overnight, and it froze
Popsicle
This summer treat is 92% water.
Watermelon
This holiday is the unofficial start of summer (technically it's still in spring!)
Memorial Day
Summer coming of age stories never get old and this 1993 movie about a group of kids playing baseball proves just that.
The Sandlot
This favorite summer water toy was invented by a NASA engineer
Super Soaker
This ingredient would be found in sherbet but not in sorbet.
Milk
The Summer Solstice is on this day.
June 21
Two girls who look surprisingly identical meet for the first time at summer camp.
The Parent Trap
Students at Yale University used to toss empty tin plates from the a local pie company back and forth, eventually leading to the plastic versions of these we use for summer entertainment today.
Frisbees
This American city is known as the BBQ capital of the world.
Kansas City
This summer month is National Ice Cream Month.
July
A charming, sun-drenched animated story about two water-loving friends spending an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera.
Luca
This rating scale was created in the 1960s by Franz Greiter to measure how much UV radiation reaches the skin and is used on sunscreen products all over the world now.
SPF
August is the month honoring this summer fruit.
Peaches
National Hot Dog Day is on this date.
July 15
An adventurous Polynesian teen sets sail on a daring sea voyage to save her island.
Moana
This was invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, when an ice cream vendor ran out of bowls and teamed up with a neighboring waffle vendor.
Ice cream cone
This fruit is scientifically known as genus Fragaria.
Strawberry