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Calendar: Week of June 12

Calendar: Week of June 12
Calendar: Week of June 12 01:25

Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:

       
Monday is Anne Frank Day, marking both the 88th anniversary of her birth and the 75th anniversary of the first entry in her diary of her family's life in hiding from the Nazis. 

      
Tuesday sees the start of the Race Across America, a 3,000-mile bicycle race from California to Maryland.

Race Across America - from Up High by Anthony Gordon @ on Vimeo

       
Wednesday is Flag Day, a chance to wave the red-white-and-blue on the 240th anniversary of its adoption by the Continental Congress.

To watch James Cagney perform "You're a Grand Old Flag" from "Yankee Doodle Dandy" click on the video player below.

James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - You're a Grand Old Flag by M-113 on YouTube

       
Thursday's the day for the current Congress to play its annual baseball game, which pits Democrats against Republicans in a fundraiser for charity.

      
Friday kicks off the Monterey International Pop Festival in California, celebrating 50 years since the legendary concert that launched the so-called Summer of Love in 1967.

To watch Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) perform "Ball and Chain" at the first Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, click on the video player below.

Janis Joplin - Ball And Chain (Amazing Performance at Monterey) by RollingStones50yrs on YouTube

     
And Saturday is In Memory Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, honoring veterans thought to have died prematurely because of their service, but whose names are not inscribed on the Wall.

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