JUNE DAZE
This holiday celebrates the day old glory was chosen by the U.S. to represent our country.
Flag Day
Someone at the top is this monarch, the title of an animated sitcom
King of the Hill
Kalamata & Spanish are types of these
Olives
Prior to the vaccine, 3 to 4 million people a year in the U.S. got this disease also called rubeola
measles
The type of memory loss called hysterical this can be effectively treated with hypnosis
Amnesia
In Catholic countries of Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19 as Saint Joseph's Day since the Middle Age, in the U.S. it's the third sunday of June
Father's Day
A course of action with the potential for greater difficulties is this alliterative downhill course
a slippery slope
This Mexican appetizer, a tortilla filled with cheese, gets its name from the Spanish for "cheese"
Quesadilla
The vaccine for this disease protects you from spores of clostridium, notoriously found on rusty nails
tetanus
Like other awards shows, the Emmys pays respects to the recently deceased in a segment with this 2-word Latin name
in memoriam
Also known as Emancipation Day, this recently turned Federal Holiday celebrates the day that the news of slavery's end reached Texas and other southwestern states.
Juneteenth
To do this means to exaggerate a problem into something much larger
make a mountain out of a molehill
A thumb-sized potato & young fish both have this digit-al name
Fingerling
After boiling the syringes & needles in his own kitchen in 1953, Jonas Salk gave his 3 sons his vaccine for this
polio
Dali's "Persistence of Memory" features several of these items that appear to be melting
watches
After an Uprising at this NYC Inn in 1969, Pride Month began being celebrated every June thereafter.
Stonewall
Reaching one's highest level of efficiency; you don't want to be doing it "too soon"
peaking
Thin pieces of dough are called these Chinese dumpling skins, but they can be used to make egg rolls & pot stickers
wonton
The vaccine for this, also known as pertussis, is given in combination with other vaccines
whooping cough
It became a battle cry after it appeared in a cartoon caption in the Washington Post April 3, 1898
Remember the Maine
On this day, June 17th, in 1885, the steamer Isere was greeted by over 200,000 New Yorkers to show their enthusiasm for this cargo on board.
The Statue of Liberty
Be flexible: "If the mountain won't come to" this prophet, he "must go to the mountain"
Muhammad
This seafood stew from Provence is often served over thick slices of French bread
Bouillabaisse
World War II soldiers were given a vaccine against this 2-word ailment, which had caused a 1918-19 pandemic
the Spanish flu
In this Frenchman's famous novel, tea & a madeleine cake bring on a flood of memories from his childhood
(Marcel) Proust