U.S. Summer Holidays
This U.S. holiday is celebrated on July 4th with fireworks.
Independence Day
This is a popular bat-and-ball sport played in American summers.
Baseball
July 20, 1969 — This mission marked the first time humans landed on the Moon.
Apollo 11
This cold dessert is very popular in summer.
Ice cream
This is a shaved ice dessert with syrup popular in Adana.
Bici bici
This U.S. holiday in September marks the end of summer and honors workers.
Labor Day
This is a summer activity where people travel by car to different places.
Road trips
This speech, delivered in Washington, D.C. in 1963, became one of the most famous moments of the Civil Rights Movement.
“I Have a Dream” speech
This drink is made from lemons and is popular in summer stands.
Lemonade
This spring-to-summer transition festival in Türkiye is traditionally associated with writing wishes and leaving them near nature, especially trees or water.
Hıdrellez
This U.S. holiday in May honors people who served in the military.
Memorial Day
This is a summer outdoor meal where food is cooked on a grill.
Barbecue (BBQ)
This 1964 law changed public life in the United States by banning segregation in public spaces.
Civil Rights Act
This grilled food is a staple at American summer cookouts and is often served in a bun.
Hot dog
This UNESCO-listed oil wrestling festival is held annually in Edirne.
Kırkpınar oil wrestling
This U.S. holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
Juneteenth
This is a summer program where children stay in nature and do activities together.
This event in 1974 involved the resignation of a U.S. president during a major political scandal.
Richard Nixon
This is a summer meal where seafood is served and shared in large groups.
Seafood boil
This coastal town in southwestern Türkiye is famous for its blue lagoon and paragliding.
Ölüdeniz
Which U.S. president signed a law making Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021?
Joe Biden
This is a traditional American summer activity where people watch movies from their cars in an open-air cinema.
Drive-in movie (theater)
This military operation in 1944 became the largest amphibious invasion in history during World War II.
D-Day
This frozen dessert is made by blending fruit and ice and is often sold in carts during hot American summers.
Snow cone (or shaved ice)
This Turkish athlete won the country’s first Olympic gold medal in 1988.
Naim Süleymanoğlu