The 40th annual Mint Festival in St. Johns concluded Sunday with its signature event – the Peppermint Patty Plop, where a cow determines the winners of a raffle.
- The Mint Festival celebrated its 40th anniversary this year in St. Johns, known as “Mint City USA.”
- The festival’s unique finale features a cow whose “plop” location determines a raffle winner.
- The Peppermint Patty Plop has been a tradition for 37 years and raises funds for the St. Johns Kiwanis Club.
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St. Johns celebrates 40th annual Mint Festival with cow plop contest
I was at the biggest event of the year in St. Johns this weekend – the 40th anniversary of the Mint Festival. As the celebration for a place known as “Mint City USA” came to a close Sunday, I caught up with neighbors to hear what the tradition means to them.
It was the first Mint Festival for neighbor Tabitha Stanley, who was looking forward to one particularly unique event.
“I am from Detroit, Novi. This is nothing they would have down there,” Stanley said…