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About the event
Unlike many culinary treats, the origin of the popsicle is definitively known, and an 11-year-old boy was responsible. He was preparing a soda pop out on his porch by mixing together the white powder with the water. In the absent-minded way of 11-year-olds, he left it on the porch and went inside, forgetting it was there until the next day. He found it frozen the next day with the stirring stick in it, and the popsicle was born!
But it wasn�??t until 18 years later that the rest of the world would be introduced to this innovation. He decided to introduce the frozen pop on a stick at an amusement park in Belmar, NJ, called Neptune Beach. It was so successful that he immediately applied for a patent, and at the urging of his children named it the �??popsicle�?�. Apparently, he would rather have called it a �??frozen confectionery�?� or the more ostentatious �??Epsicle Ice Pop�?�. Either way, Cherry Popsicle day exists to celebrate the amazing flavor of the bright red cherry popsicle.
