July 3 - Largest Key Lime Pie

Monroe County Mayor Pro Tem Holly Merrill Raschein serves Key lime pie to attendees at a 200th Florida Keys birthday celebration Monday, July 3, 2023, on Big Pine Key, Fla. The festivities took place on the 200th anniversary of the Florida Territorial Legislature’s establishment of Monroe County, which contains the entire Keys island chain and a portion of Everglades National Park, on July 3, 1823. The pie contained 16 gallons of Key lime juice, and Keys officials intend to have it recognized as world’s largest. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, from left to right, Monroe County Commissioners Jim Scholl and Michelle Lincoln, along with Florida Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez, serve Key lime pie to attendees at a 200th Florida Keys birthday celebration Monday, July 3, 2023, on Big Pine Key, Fla. The festivities took place on the 200th anniversary of the Florida Territorial Legislature’s establishment of Monroe County, which contains the entire Keys island chain and a portion of Everglades National Park, on July 3, 1823. The pie measured 13.14 feet in diameter and contained 16 gallons of Key lime juice, and Keys officials intend to have it recognized as world’s largest. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, chefs Paul Menta, front right and David Sloan, back right, put finishing touches on a gargantuan Key lime pie created for a 200th Florida Keys birthday celebration Monday, July 3, 2023, on Big Pine Key, Fla. The festivities took place on the 200th anniversary of the Florida Territorial Legislature’s establishment of Monroe County, which contains the entire Keys island chain and a portion of Everglades National Park, on July 3, 1823. The pie measured 13.14 feet in diameter and contained 16 gallons of Key lime juice, and Keys officials intend to have it recognized as world’s largest. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, a measuring stick confirms the diameter of a gargantuan Key lime pie created for a 200th Florida Keys birthday celebration Monday, July 3, 2023, on Big Pine Key, Fla. The festivities took place on the 200th anniversary of the Florida Territorial Legislature’s establishment of Monroe County, which contains the entire Keys island chain and a portion of Everglades National Park, on July 3, 1823. The pie measured 13.14 feet in diameter and contained 16 gallons of Key lime juice, and Keys officials intend to have it recognized as world’s largest. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Chefs Paul Menta, front right and David Sloan, back right, put finishing touches on a gargantuan Key lime pie created for a 200th Florida Keys birthday celebration Monday, July 3, 2023, on Big Pine Key, Fla. The festivities took place on the 200th anniversary of the Florida Territorial Legislature’s establishment of Monroe County, which contains the entire Keys island chain and a portion of Everglades National Park, on July 3, 1823. The pie measured 13.14 feet in diameter and contained 16 gallons of Key lime juice, and Keys officials intend to have it recognized as world’s largest. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)