The Month of June

Babe Ruth

Baseball Hall of Fame Opens - June 12th, 1939

Baseball Hall of Fame

D Day - June 6th

National D-Day Memorial Foundation
Photos, History, visiting information.

The American Experience PBS.org
Maps, timeline, teacher's guide, interviews with participants.

CCNY
Government Views of D-Day 1944

Graduation

Graduation Speeches in the Yahoo! Directory
Jon Stewart, George Bush, Oprah Winfrey, Lyndon Johnson...

Civic Report; High School Graduation Rates in the United States
"The national graduation rate for the class of 1998 was 71%. For white students the rate was 78%, while it was 56% for African-American students and 54% for Latino students. Georgia had the lowest overall graduation rate in the nation with 54% of students graduating, followed by Nevada, Florida, and Washington, D.C. ..."

The Prom Site
What is Prom?... Themes... Before Prom... Prom Night... After Prom... Alternative Traditions

Father's Day - June 19

Celeberate holidays in the USA
Official US government history of this day on which children honor their fathers.

A Directory of Father's Day sites on the web created for St. Mary's School

Dads and Daughters
Dads and Daughters provides men with tools to be better fathers and advocates for our daughters. Test your Dad-Q

Fatherwork
Stories from fathers illustrating "fatherwork" across various contexts (across the lifespan, in challenging circumstances, etc.) Hundreds of activities that fathers can do with children of various ages.

Happy Father's Day to all Birthfathers, Adoptive Fathers
Stories of adoption

Summer Solstice - June 21st

Celebrations at Stonehenge

The Summer Solstice A scientific explanation

SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATIONS: ANCIENT AND MODERN

Midsummer Night's Dream
A searchable online version of Shakespeare's play.