What’s better than ice cream? Absolutely nothing! So why are Americans celebrating National Ice Cream Day on July 18th this year? Well, the story goes…

• Thanks to President Reagan, we celebrate National Ice Cream Day every third Sunday in July
• Reagan wanted to commemorate a treat enjoyed by over 90 percent of the U.S. population
• In 1984, he decreed a special day set aside for enjoying ice cream
• I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
• King Solomon enjoyed iced drinks during the harvest season
• During the Roman Empire, Caesar would send people to gather snow from the mountains, just to cover it in fruit and juices
• Marco Polo returned from the Far East and bought back a recipe for sherbet
• The New York Gazette on May 12, 1777, printed the first advertisement for ice cream
• Here is a link for getting your free ice cream