LATROBE, Pa. — Saturday saw the start of the annual Great American Banana Split Celebration in Westmoreland County.
The festival honors the iconic dessert’s invention back in 1904 in a Latrobe drug store.
This year’s celebration brought back all the favorites, including a banana-eating competition and the crowning of the banana split princess.
“It’s a lot of fun,” said this year’s princess, Coriana Wightman. “It’s just a really enjoyable process. I get to meet a bunch of new people during all the events.”
The festival runs through 4 p.m. Sunday.
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