Honoring the German-American Press: The Naked Truth Monument

Historical marker location:

1700 South Grand Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on South Grand Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2014

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.