Freedom Denied, Freedom Gained

Historical marker location:

187 Gateway Arch Trail, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Gateway Arch Trail, in the median.)

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. National Park Service, U.S. Deparment of the Interior

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.