08/15/2026
87 Days Until Halloween...
With the hot weather, it's probably a good thing that tomorrow, August 6th, is National Root Beer Float Day.
The ice cream float was invented by Robert M. Green in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1874 during the Franklin Institute's semicentennial celebration. The traditional story is that, on a particularly hot day, Green ran out of ice for the flavored drinks he was selling and instead used vanilla ice cream from a neighboring vendor, inventing a new drink.