IN 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July to be National Ice Cream Month, and the third Sunday in July as National Ice Cream Day, recommending the occasion to be celebrated with “appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
Ice cream does not just have its own month — July — but its own special day to be honored, as well.
Each year, the Anthony P. Infanti Bellmawr Branch Library offers patrons a cool summer treat at its Make-Your-Own-Sundae Festival on the occasion of this Ice Cream Day.
This year's event will take place at 3 p.m. on July 16 in honor of National Ice Cream Day. The program will conclude around 4:30 p.m. The library is located at 35 E. Browning Road in Bellmawr.
In recognition of National Ice Cream Day on July 18, the Connection took the Vienna ice cream tour to check out the bounty of ice cream shops in Vienna, all four of them. A new one, featuring gelato and sorbetto, is poised to open this summer.The most appetizing part for aficionados of America’s favorite hand-held dessert is that each Vienna ice cream shop offers its own specialties, from barely-frozen eggy-custards topped with natural fruits to soft-serve blended with sweet gooey fillings, ice cream blended with nuts and candy and the traditional frozen treat with 44 flavors.At 90 degrees, nothing soothes the overheated beast as ice cream does. To help town residents endure another 45 sweltering, humid days, here’s the scoop of Vienna scoops.