An article from today’s edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describing the town next to the town in which I live:

COLLINSVILLE — Few American cities can claim a condiment-centric festival. Collinsville can claim two.

A mere five weeks after wrapping up its International Horseradish Festival, the city kicked off its “World’s Largest Catsup Bottle Festival” Saturday, celebrating the 59th birthday of the giant red receptacle that towers south of downtown.

“It’s just a good reason to have a birthday party,” said Judy Demoisy, the festival’s organizer. “Any deep meaning? No. Just that any community should celebrate its assets. It’s an awareness thing.”

You have to see it to believe it…

… and you can, on this website dedicated to the Official World’s Largest Catsup Bottle!!

Americana at it’s finest along Route 66.