Juneteenth
Juneteenth, celebrating the freedom of the slaves in the US, is held on this date.
What is June 19th?
In 1924, this president made Father's Day a national event.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
Due to the swelling of iron in the heat, this French icon becomes 6 inches taller during the summer.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
The waffle cone was invented in 1904 at the World's Fair in this city.
What is St. Louis?
The longest continuous beach is in this South American country.
What is Brazil?
Juneteenth has been a legal holiday in this state since 1980.
What is Texas?
In 1966, this president set the third Sunday of June as Father's Day.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
The most-consumed summer fruit in the US.
What is watermelon?
The first known recipe for ice cream (Italy, 1692) was for this flavor.
What is chocolate?
This monarch outlawed nude swimming in England in 1860.
Who is Queen Victoria?
The Juneteenth Flag of Freedom is half red and half blue with this object in the middle.
What is a star?
The most popular Father's Day gift.
What is a necktie?
On the summer solstice in Fairbanks, Alaska, spectators gather at midnight for the annual Midnight Sun Game. They're watching this sport.
What is baseball?
This company was the first to sell a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough-flavored ice cream.
What is Ben & Jerry's?
The oldest public beach in the U.S. is in this state.
What is Massachusetts? (Revere Beach near Boston, made public in 1895)
The impetus for the holiday was this document, issued not in June but on Sept. 22, 1862.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The most popular sports-related Father's Day gift.
What are golf clubs?
The "dog" in "dog days of summer" actually refers to this.
What is "Sirius the Dog Star"? (Visible in the summer sky in late July and August.)
Due to melting, food photographers often use this food as a stand-in for ice cream.
What are mashed potatoes?
What is the YMCA and the American Red Cross?
This African-American author of The Invisible Man, wrote a novel called Juneteenth. Though it was largely panned by critics it is said to be an important part of American racial dialogue.
Who is Ralph Ellison?
Italy celebrates Father's Day on the day that honors this saint.
Who is St. Joseph?
In England, tens of thousands of people gather here to welcome the summer solstice.
What is Stonehenge?
The earliest versions of Neapolitan ice cream included vanilla, cherry, and this ice cream.
What is pistachio? (To resemble the Italian flag.)
The world's most-photographed beach is Anse Source d'Argent, located in this island archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
What are the Seychelles?