A Sweet Slice of History: Florida Keys Celebrate 200th Birthday With Giant Key Lime Pie

Chefs Paul Menta, (front R) and David Sloan, (back R), put finishing touches on a gargantuan Key lime pie created for a 200th Florida Keys birthday celebration on Big Pine Key, Fla., on July 3, 2023. Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP

BIG PINE KEY, Fla.—Partying never gets old in the Florida Keys—especially for a milestone birthday like No. 200.

The Florida Keys celebrated its bicentennial Monday along the Gulf of Mexico with a Key lime pie more than 13 feet (4 meters) in diameter—which organizers intend to certify as a world record.