Need More to Celebrate After the 4th? Try These Wacky July Holidays It’s commonly acknowledged that the unofficial start of summer is Memorial Day and the unofficial end is Labor Day, and there’s just one big holiday between those dates in the U.S. — Independence Day aka the 4th of July. Now that the fireworks are over and millions of hot dogs have been eaten — including 71 (plus buns) in just 10 minutes by reigning champ Joey Chestnut — it may seem like we’ve entered a holid