Editing Del's (section)

==History==
Del's was founded by Angelo DeLucia, who originally received the recipe for lemonade from his father, Franco DeLucia, who brought the recipe to the United States from [[Italy]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Armitage|first=Helen|title=The 10 Best Spots For Frozen Lemonade In Rhode Island|url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/rhode-island/articles/10-best-spots-for-rhode-island-frozen-lemonade/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Culture Trip|date=19 December 2015 }}</ref> Angelo then developed a machine to dispense their product.

The first Del's stand was a small, pushable cart in [[Cranston, Rhode Island]], in 1948.<ref name=":0" /> Soon afterwards, Angelo started using "Del's Trucks" to serve the beverage anywhere in the state. The company still uses the trucks today, in addition to its storefront locations.

In 1993, the Rhode Island legislature made an attempt to select an official state beverage. Del's lemonade and [[coffee milk]] were chosen as "finalists", but coffee milk was eventually chosen as the official state beverage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lukas |first=Paul |date=2002-11-13 |title=The Big Flavors of Little Rhode Island |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/13/dining/the-big-flavors-of-little-rhode-island.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-07-23 |language=en}}</ref>

The 2011 television movie ''[[Lemonade Mouth]]'', a [[Disney Channel Original Movie]] adapted from the book of the same name by Massachusetts author [[Mark Peter Hughes]], prominently features "Mel's Frozen Lemonade", which the author has indicated is a [[parody]] of Del's.

[[Image:Dels-stand.jpg|thumb|right|A Del's Lemonade stand in [[San Francisco]]]]

Angelo DeLucia died of prostate cancer on September 6, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Angelo DeLucia 1928-2007|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/09/12/angelo_delucia_founded_dels_lemonade_at_84//|access-date=2020-09-15|website=tribtoday.com|language=en-US}}</ref>