Revolutionary War Memorial

Historical marker location:

Springfield, Missouri

( Memorial is at the intersection of E. Seminole Street and Waverly Avenue, on the right when traveling east on E. Seminole Street.)

Marker installed: 1999

Springfield National Cemetery.

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.