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Article: U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature For July 8: Ice Cream Sundae

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July 7, 2002
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WASHINGTON, July 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature for July 8 from the U.S. Census Bureau:

MONDAY, JULY 8: ICE CREAM SUNDAE INVENTED

Profile America: Monday, July 8. One of our favorite ice cream concoctions was invented on this day in 1881 -- by accident. The ice cream sundae was the brainchild of drug store owner Edward Berner of Two Rivers, Wis. That day was a Sunday and because of the strict Sabbath laws, Berner was unable to fill a customer's order for a flavored soda water. He improvised by putting chocolate syrup -- then used only to flavor soda water -- on top of ice cream in a dish. The result was the first ice cream "Sunday". The spelling was ...

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