First Drive-in Theater opens – June 6, 1933 in New Jersey
“Drive-ins gained immense popularity 20 years later during the 1950s and ‘60s with the Baby Boomer generation. There were over 4,000 drive-ins throughout the U.S., and most were in rural areas. They maintained popularity as both a space for families to spend time with each other as well as an affordable date night option.
“For now, there are over 300 drive-ins still in operation. Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania have the most drive-ins still in operation in the U.S., with each state having almost 30 left. Unfortunately, Hawaii, North Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska, Delaware, and Louisiana no longer have any that are still in business. But no matter the fate of America’s drive-ins, they will always be a nostalgic and cultural icon.”
– nyfa.edu
National Little League Baseball Week – 2nd week in June
“You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.”
– Cal Ripken, Jr.
Flag Day – June 14
“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
“You’re the emblem of the land I love, the home of the free and the brave.”
– George M. Cohan
Father’s Day – June 15
“Being a dad isn’t easy, but when somebody does it right, it reminds the rest of us what a world-changing difference a good dad can make.”
– Andrew Blackburn
“For every dream that has taken flight, there’s a father who believed.”
– Jennifer Fujita
“The best lessons in life are taught by a father who leads by example.”
– Abookgeek
International Picnic Day – June 18
“There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort.”
– W. Somerset Maugham
“If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics?”
– Marie Dressier
Juneteenth – June 19
“Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won; you earn it and win it in every generation.”
– Coretta Scott King
“Not everything that is faced can be changes, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
– James Baldwin
“Juneteenth was never about commemorating a delayed proclamation, but about celebrating a people’s enduring spirit.”
– Annette Gordon-Reed
National Camping Week – 4th week of June
“The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”
– Anne Lamott
“Camping is nature’s way of promoting the motel business.”
– Dave Barry
U.S. Department of Justice established – June 22, 1870
“Justice is truth in action.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”
– Haile Selassie
“Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?”
– Lillian Hellman
Bicycle patented – June 26, 1819
“Rolling into the best days of summer.”
– Unknown
“Cycling is oxygen for the soul.”
– Unknown
Helen Keller born – June 27, 1880
“The only thing worse that being blind is having sight but no vision.”
– Helen Keller
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
–Helen Keller
National Organization of Women founded June 30, 1966
“We, men and women who hereby constitute ourselves as the National Organization for Women, believe that the time has come for a new movement toward true equality for all women in America, and toward a fully equal partnership of the sexes, as part of the world-wide revolution of human rights now taking place within and beyond our national borders.”
–National Organization for Women’s 1966 Statement of Purpose
National Adopt a Cat Month
“I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.”
–James Herriot
Black Music Month
“I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me – like food or water.”
– Ray Charles
“Historically, Black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.”
– Miguel