It's National Ice Cream Day!!

The entire month of July is National Ice Cream month -- so enjoy.

But one particular day -- July 17 -- is also National Ice Cream Day.

What is your favorite flavor? Personally, I pretty much like them all.

According to the National Day Calendar website, here are some facts about ice cream:

• Ben Franklin, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were known to have been regular eaters of ice cream.
• First Lady Dolley Madison served ice cream at the Inaugural Ball in 1813.
• 1832 – African American confectioner, Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes as well as  a superior technique to manufacture ice cream.
• 1843 – Philadelphian, Nancy Johnson, was issued the first U.S. patent for a small-scale hand-cranked ice cream freezer.
• It is said that today there are over 1,000 ice cream flavors. 

July 19 is National Ice Cream Day

Sunday, July 19 is National Ice Cream Day.

In the event you are brain dead and can't think of a way to celebrate (have some ice cream!!), here are some ways area ice cream shops are noting the day:

Carvel: Buy one get one free for ice cream cones

Dippin' Dots: Free sample of newest flavor, Redberry Sherbet

Friendly's: Today and Sunday, $1.99 buy one and get one free of a single scoop of ice cream in a dish or a cone

Baskin Robbins: Giving away an ice cream cake. Go to @baskinrobbins on Twitter and be the first person to @reply with the correct answer to the cake trivia.

Stewart's Shops: Has specials on its floats and ice cream sodas.