National Root Beer Float Day celebrates American classic that younger generations are leaving behind

Every year on National Root Beer Float Day, Americans celebrate the frothy combination of root beer and vanilla ice cream — a summertime favorite whose story begins centuries before the first scoop ever hit the soda. People have been making drinks similar to root beer by fermenting various herbs and roots with sugar since at least the 16th century, Ken Albala, professor of history at the University of the Pacific in California and creator of the "Forgotten Foods" lecture series, told Fox News Di