How Do We Take Care of One Another?

Historical marker location:

5700 Lindell Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on DeBaliviere Circle east of Grand Drive, on the right when traveling north.)

History Underfoot: 1919

The state of Missouri was the birthplace of the ice cream cone. It was invented by a Syrian immigrant named Ernest Hamwi who was selling waffles at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. When an ice cream vendor ran out of dishes, Hamwi rolled up one of his waffles to hold the ice cream and the ice cream cone was born.