This national day celebrates an item that is pretty much what it sounds like - a pie that contains ice cream. Naturally, this is a sweet pie, not a savoury one.
An ice cream pie - there are a variety of recipes - is normally part baked and part not, so that the ice cream doesn't melt; this isn't usually like a Baked Alaska.
A pie crust would be baked in the oven, normally using shortcrust pastry, and then ice cream (probably softened first) would be added as a filling after the crust has cooled, as adding it immediately would cause it to melt and make the crust all soggy. This can then be placed into the freezer for a couple of hours to ensure that the ice cream becomes firm again.
This would be a single crust or bottom crust pie, and could be eaten as-is at this point. Alternatively, a topping that isn't made of pastry could be added on top of the ice cream, such as cream or a meringue. The pie should be served with the ice cream still firm.
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