4th Marine Division

Historical marker location:

2900 Sheridan Road, Lemay, Missouri

( Memorial is at the intersection of Graves Drive and Rostrum Drive, on the left when traveling south on Graves Drive.)

Marker installed: 2005

W. W. II 1943 - 1945. Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue.

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.