Leopold's Ice Cream 106th Birthday Party

Celebrate 106 years of Leopold’s Ice Cream (212 E Broughton St) in beautiful downtown Savannah on Saturday, August 16th with Stratton and Mary Leopold and revered guest of honor Lieutenant Colonel John A. White, who will cut the Leopold’s Birthday Cake at 2 PM; entire event from 11 AM – 5 PM. This event is free and open to the public!

There will be games, local food from The Naked Dog, Magic Mark, and a Doggie Oasis from Oliver Bentley’s, along with music, dancing, face painting, our I pledge event, cake cutting ceremony, and, of course, lots of Leopold’s Ice Cream! This annual event celebrates and thanks the Savannah Community for their unwavering support of Leopold’s Ice Cream since 1919.

Lieutenant Colonel John A. White is one of “The Original Nine.” Born in 1924, in Savannah, Georgia, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1943 and served in the Marines during WWII as part of the 51st Defense Battalion in the South Pacific. That same year, he was recruited by the Savannah Police Department, becoming the first African American law officer in Georgia in 1947. He was promoted to corporal in 1956.

In 2021, Bouhan Street at Waters Avenue, where White lived his entire life in Savannah, was officially designated Lieutenant John White Avenue. He and his wife, Sallie Catherine Williams White, had five children.