Today is...

National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

It’s National Chocolate Ice Cream Day! Today we celebrate one of the most popular ice cream flavors of all time. Culinary historians believe that the first ice cream flavors were fruit-based, but by the 18th century both vanilla and chocolate were quite common. Thomas Jefferson took a fancy to ice cream while living abroad during the 1780s. (He was the ambassador to France at the time.) It is likely that he is responsible for bringing this delicious frozen treat to America!

Today, the United States produces around 1.6 billion gallons of ice cream each year. Whether you prefer your chocolate ice cream in a cone, a cup, a sundae, or a milkshake, indulge in a scoop (or two!) today! Happy National Chocolate Ice Cream Day!

Today is also Daniel Boone Day

June is Gay Pride Month & Great Outdoors Month

This week is National Fishing and Boating Week

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History for June 7  1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States. 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence. 1892 - John Joseph Doyle became the first pinch-hitter in baseball when he was used in a game. 1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes. 1939 - King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrived in the U.S. It was the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch. 1976 - "The NBC Nightly News", with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, aired for the first time. 1993 - The ground breaking ceremony was held for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, OH. _________________________________________________________ "Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route." --Charles Caleb Colton