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A graphic that shows how the cool dessert all began.
[http://www.icecream.com/icecreaminfo] -
Did Americans really eat ice cream in the 1700s?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpOmmSiUNyw] -
So, how did Americans get ice to make the ice cream?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=969EwYCVjJk] -
George Washington spent $200 in a single summer on ice cream for his guests at his home in Mount Vernon. By some estimations, that would be over $7000 today!
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/george-washington-liked-ice-cream-so-much-he-bought-ice-cream-making-equipment-capital-180950316/ -
Yes, it's true. Ice cream parlors were once thought to be places of debauchery. [http://mentalfloss.com/article/66072/ice-cream-parlors-used-be-considered-evil]
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Enter stage right: the CONE
[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amazing-portable-edible-ice-cream-cone-180964939/] -
Ice Cream trucks, a child's dream, were introduced in the '20s. This video has a good sampling of typical ice cream truck jingles.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYECkD2Ings] -
July became the National Ice Cream month and the third Sunday in July the National Ice Cream day in 1984 with a signature from President Reagan.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ice_Cream_Month] -
