Ice cream is complicated. We love it. We didn’t invent it in America, but we eat it more than any other nation on earth. We perfected it right here in Philadelphia, and made it available to the masses.

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The history of pepper pot soup, consumed by millions of Americans throughout the 20th century, does not begin with Andy Warhol’s famous canned soup painting (sold for a record $11.7 million); or Camden’s Campbell’s Soup Company (which mass-marketed it); or a white soldier in George Washington’s Valley Forge army (credited for centuries as its creator).

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Since Kwanzaa’s inception in 1966, Philadelphia has been home to some of the most robust Kwanzaa celebrations in the country—from the lighting of Boathouse Row to festivals and events across the city, most open to the public.

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