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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-03-11 09:55 PM
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The google sundae is probably for the Two Rivers Wisconsin
invention of the sunday.

<http://www.tworiverseconomicdevelopment.org/relocation/history-sundae.htm>

It's official - Two Rivers is recognized by the Wisconsin State Historical Society as the REAL birthplace of the ice cream sundae. There is a Sundae Week every summer, and the city gathers in Central Park for an old fashioned band concert and ice cream social during the annual Sundae Thursday.

The ice cream sundae story dates back to 1881 when chocolate sauce was used to make ice cream sodas at Ed Berners' soda fountain at 1404 15th Street. One day, a vacationing George Hallauer - a Two Rivers native then living in Illinois - asked Berners to put some of the chocolate sauce over a dish of ice cream. According to a 1929 interview with Berners, he apparently didn't think it was a good idea.

(more at the site)
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-03-11 09:59 PM
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1. What a great story!
The link leads to a wonderful bit of Americana...

Recommended.

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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-03-11 10:08 PM
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2. hooray for ice cream sundaes
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ThatPoetGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-03-11 10:09 PM
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3. It's for the "119th Anniversary of the First Documented Ice Cream Sundae"
is Google's explanation for the logo, but your article suggests it's the 129th.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-03-11 10:24 PM
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4. Google should use google..that's what I did to get the Two
Rivers date then they would have the correct facts.
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