SABF Celebrities of past festivals

2009 - 2000

2009

Queen: Ashley Landon (Daughter of Michael Landon, Jr.; Granddaughter of Michael Landon)
Minister of Crown: Michael Landon, Jr. and Sharee Landon
Grand Marshal: Erik Estrada
Firefighters’ Marshal: Bo Bice
Sports Marshals: Ward Burton and Jack Ham
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Caitlin Uze
Celebrities: Devon McTavish; Bucky Covington; Tara Wheeler - Miss Virginia; Curtis Flemming; Ken Mease; Mark Moseley; Joe Jacoby; Greivis Vasquez; Kevin Covert; Jon Huertas; Norman Shankle; Budweiser Clydesdales; Kate Obenshain; Candice Smithyman; Jim Glawson

2008

Queen: Jaqui Rice (Daughter of NFL legend Jerry Rice)
Minister of Crown: Jerry & Jacqueline Rice
Grand Marshal: Fantasia Barrino
Firefighters’ Marshal: Larry Gatlin
Sports Marshals: Gale Sayers and Nadia Comaneci
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Madison VanDuyne
Celebrities: Marj Dusay; LaDonna Gatlin; Doug Rinker; Glen Dale; Ken Mease; Sterling Grooms; Kelley Washington; Olivia Wymer - Miss Outstanding Teen; Hannah Kiefer - Miss Virginia

2007

Queen: Jane Austin “Cissie” Graham, (Daughter of Franklin Graham, Granddaughter of Billy Graham)
Minister of Crown: Noelle Dienert Davis
Grand Marshal: Wayne Newton
Honorary Grand Marshall: Nicholas John Albert Fairfax
Firefighters’ Marshal: Janie Fricke
Sports Marshals: Terry Labonte
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Lauren Collier
Celebrities: Don Garlits; Devon McTavish; Ken Mease; Buzz Schneider; Kelley Washington; Bruce Smith; Ray Thomas; Art Turock; Alexandra Brown - Miss Outstanding Teen; Miss Virginia - Adrianna Sgarlata

2006

Queen: Alexandra Hamill Forsythe, (Daughter of Dorothy Hamill)
Minister of Crown: Dorothy Hamill
Grand Marshal: George Hamilton
Firefighters’ Marshal: Tom Wopat
Sports Marshals: Jerry West and Johnny Bench
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Jennifer Gursky
Celebrities: Truett Cathy; Ibn Ali; Bill Roth; Cissy Baker; Robert Jones; Otis Smith; William A. Eaton; Miss Virginia - Kristi Lauren Glakas

2005

Queen: Tessa Rose Ferrer, (daughter of Debby Boone and Gabrielle Ferrer)
Minister of Crown: Maria Providencia Ferrer Murdock
Grand Marshal: Larry Hagman
Honorary Marshal: Colonel Wesley Lee Foxx
Firefighters’ Marshal: Lynn Anderson
Sports Marshal: Don Shula
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Kristi Lauren Glakas
Celebrities: Richard Kiel; Lang Campbell; Bryan Randall;
Mickey Matthews; Ken Mease; Margaret Bush; Kelley Washington;
Miss Virginia - Maria Elizabeth Rice

2004

Queen: Cydney Cathalene Chase
Minister of Crown: Chevy Chase
Grand Marshals: Loni Anderson and Sean Astin
Honorary Marshal: ?
Firefighters’ Marshal: George Lindsey
Sports Marshal: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Paige Yurachek
Celebrities: Whitey Ford; Bryan Stinespring; Kirk Cameron;
Linda McCarthy; Eva LaRue; Rick "Doc" Walker; Jerome Bettis;
Kelley Washington; Ed Hartwell; Darryl Grant; Kwame Jackson;
Miss Virginia - Nancy Redd

2003

Queen: Katherine Elizabeth Short
Minister of Crown: Paul Shaffer
Grand Marshals: Dick Van Patten
Honorary Marshal: John O. Marsh, Jr.
Firefighters’ Marshal: Ryan Sutter
Sports Marshal: Bobby Allison
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Jennifer Gursky
Celebrities: Rudy Boesch; Ken Mease; Kelly Washington; Al Groh;
Ken Harvey; Kathryn Thornton; Lisa Whelchel;
Miss Virginia - Jennifer Anne Pitts

2002

Queen: Katharine Desiree Luckinbill (granddaughter of Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz)
Minister of Crown: Lucie Arnaz and Larry Luckinbill
Co-Grand Marshals: Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon
Honorary Grand Marshal: Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Co-Firefighters’ Marshal: Ty Herndon and Ray Peterson
Honorary Firefighters’ Marshals: Ladder 6 Company (FDNY)
Sports Marshal: Michael Vick
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Jennifer Anne Pitts
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Meghan Shanley; Roni Stoneman;
Gary Williams; LaVar Arrington; Kelley Washington; Brian Shimer; Juan Dixon; Len Elmore; Tom Buchanan; Ray Thomas

2001

Queen: Tyne Vance (granddaughter of President Gerald Ford)
Minister of Crown: Susan Ford Bales
Grand Marshal: Brenda Lee
Firefighters’ Marshal: Jim Ed Brown
Sports Marshal: Dick Vitale
Miss Apple Blossom: Lisa Marie Melton
Celebrities: Jim Palmer, Kathy Garver; George Hamilton IV;
Miss Virginia - Jacqueline Cook; Ken Mease; Tom Dolan;
Moses Malone; Juan Dixon; Phil Dixon; Ruth Graham McIntyre;
Cindy Hazan/Mike Freeman (Patsy Cline Historians)

2000

Queen: Emily Rebecca Urich (daughter of Robert Urich)
Minister of Crown: Robert Urich
Grand Marshal: Diahann Carroll
Firefighters’ Marshal: Bill Anderson
Sports Marshal: Frank Beamer
Miss Apple Blossom: Amanda Michelle Hosmer
Celebrities: Ben Jones; Miss Virginia - Crystal Lewis; Diane Crump; Laura Wright; Tom Netherton; Ken Mease; Lee Corso; Archie Griffin; Craig Esherick

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1999 - 1990

1999

Queen: Amanda Davies
Ministers of Crown: Brian Davies and Erika Slezak
Grand Marshals: Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon
Firefighters’ Marshal: Irlene Mandrell
Sports Marshal: “Red” Auerbach
Miss Apple Blossom: Mary Catherine Smith
Celebrities: Pat Boone; Ken Mease; Amy Van Dyken; Gale Catlett;
Miss Virginia - Nita Booth; Gary Allen; Rivers Edge

1998

Queen: Jennifer Wickliffe Robb
Minister of Crown: Sen. Charles Robb
Grand Marshal: Al Roker
Firefighters’ Marshal: Jan Howard
Sports Marshal: Jamie Asher
Miss Apple Blossom: Kristen Ellen Cox
Celebrities: Bobby Hussey; Kevin Henry; Ron Palillo;
Miss Virginia - Kelli Quick; Michele Karetas, Miss Sun Fun;
Misti Stouffer, Miss Bikini Wahine; Lee Roy Parnell; Jim Collins

1997

Queen: Amber Elizabeth Medlin
Minister of Crown: Miss Virginia - Michelle Kang (1996)
Grand Marshal: Andrew Humphrey
Firefighters’ Marshal: Tommy Cash
Sports Marshal: Darrell Green
Miss Apple Blossom: Nicole Johnson
Celebrities: Dan Bonner; Art Donovan; Jim Miller;
Miss Virginia - Michelle Kang; Ashley McLain, Miss Bikini Wahine; Holly Adams, Miss Sun Fun; Ty Herndon; Stephanie Bentley;
Sons of the Desert; Scooby Doo and Yogi Bear

1996

Queen: Shawna Landon (daughter of the late Michael Landon)
Minister of Crown: Leslie Landon Matthews
Grand Marshal: Joan Van Ark
Firefighters’ Marshal: Johnny Counterfit
Sports Marshal: Jim Lemon
Miss Apple Blossom: Michelle Kang
Celebrities: Dan Bonner; Jeff Bostic; Vic Braden; Bud Foster; Levon Kirkland; Miss Virginia - Amber Medlin; Mrs. P.M. Norris, Winchester, England; Donnie Warren; Lisa Rabon, Miss Sun Fun; Rhett Akins; Scooby Doo and Yogi Bear and Dumphrey the Dragon; Dan Seals

1995

Queen: Jaime Nicole Dudney (daughter of Barbara Mandrell)
Minister of Crown: Adam West
Grand Marshal: Adam West
Firefighters’ Marshal: Lisa Stewart
Sports Marshal: Lenny Moore
Miss Apple Blossom:
Stacey Moseley
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Cullen Johnson; Woody O’Hara; Billy Hite; Joe Jacoby; Tré Johnson; Gary Williams; Carnell Lake; Tyrone Rush; Scooby Doo and Yogi Bear

1994

Queen: Lisa Huber (daughter of Susan Lucci)
Minister of Crown: Susan Lucci and Helmut Huber
Grand Marshal: Katie Couric
Firefighters’ Marshal: Billy Walker
Sports Marshal:
Earl Weaver
Miss Apple Blossom: Amber Medlin
Celebrities: Susan Lucci; Miss Virginia - Nancy Glisson; Irv Cross; Bill Dudley; Sam Huff; Roy Sievers; Minnie Minoso; Susan O’Malley; Phil Elmassian; William Roaf

1993

Queen: Elizabeth Noelle Dienert (granddaughter of Billy Graham)
Minister of Crown: Cong. Frank R. Wolf
Grand Marshal: Mary Tyler Moore
Firefighters’ Marshals: Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble
Sports Marshal: Bob Lilly
Miss Apple Blossom: Jennifer Lewis
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Lora Flattum; Bobby Riggs; Jeff Lageman; Matt Elliott; Bruce Arena; Bill Foster; Heidi & Heather Burge; Mickey Vernon; Brian Mitchell; Bill Gilbert; Purvis Ellison; Barry Word

1992

Queen: Ginna Carter
Minister of Crown: Hal Holbrook
Grand Marshal: Willard Scott
Firefighters’ Marshal: Big John Studd
Co-Sports Marshals: Eric Williams and Jim Lachey
Miss Apple Blossom: Lora Flattum
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Sheri Huffman; Maria Ferrer; Steve Buchantz; Frank Robinson; Willie Lanier; Walt Williams; Matt Blundin; Dave Braine; Ray Roberts; Max Wiseman

1991

Queen: Eve Holbrook
Minister of Crown: Hal Holbrook
Grand Marshal: Jere Burns
Firefighters’ Marshal: “Big” Al Downing
Sports Marshal: Bob Feller
Miss Apple Blossom: Lori Horne
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Shannon Noelle Depuy; Eupton Jackson; Jeff Jones; Hope Mihalap; Shawn Moore; Debbie Ryan; William B. “Rip” Schere; Marty Stuart; David Thompson; Mac Wiseman

1990

Queen: Melissa Rosenberg Rivers
Minister of Crown: Jerry Mathers
Grand Marshal: Jerry Mathers
Firefighters’ Marshal: Wayne Powers
Sports Marshal: Steve Lundquist
Miss Apple Blossom: Lisa Moorman
Celebrities: Jennifer Anglin; Frank Beamer; Charles Bierbauer; T. Graham Brown; Steve Buckhantz; Miss Virginia - Tami Reneé Elliot; Sally Foreman; Chris Jackson; Chip Lohmiller; Bobby Mitchell; Joan Rivers; Mark Rypien; Don Nehlen; Yulia Sukhanova, Miss USSR

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1989 - 1980

1989

Queen: Emily Sikking
Minister of Crown: Florine Sikking
Grand Marshal: Jill St. John
Firefighters’ Marshal: Allen Pinkett
Sports Marshals: Doug Williams & Dave Butz
Miss Apple Blossom: Michelle Sheetz
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - April Fleming; Woody O’Hara; Vicky Bullet; Mel McDaniel; Bob Ferry; Danny Ferry

1988

Queen: Mary Clancy Collins
Minister of Crown: Gary Collins
Grand Marshal: Dean Jones
Firefighters’ Marshal: Gary Coleman
Sports Marshal: Ralph Sampson
Miss Apple Blossom: Glenna Gibson
Celebrities: Mary Ann Mobley Collins; Deanna Fry; Guy Gardner; John J. York; Miss Virginia - Heidi Lammi; Lauren Marie Taylor; Neal Olkewicz; Steve Pelluer; Timmy Smith; Tim Brown; Alvin Walton; Billy Joe Royal; Jill Watson; Peter Oppgard

1987

Queen: Candace Leona Savalas
Minister of Crown: Cong. D. French Slaughter
Grand Marshal: Sorrell Brooke
Firefighters’ Marshal: Michael Twitty
Honorary Firefighters’ Marshal: Press Secretary, James Brady
Sports Marshal: Greg Louganis
Miss Apple Blossom: Margaret Zindulka
Celebrities: Alexis Arguelloa; Bill Bates; Charles “Lefty” Driesell; Tom Gochenour; Mindi Iden; Dennis McCarthy; Ronnie McDowell; John “Boog” Powell; Robert Prosky; David Robinson; George Rogers; Miss Virginia - Julianne Smith; Carmen Thomas; Todd Whitthorne

1986

Queen: Jennifer Dru Linden
Minister of Crown: Hal Linden
Grand Marshal: Tom Poston
Firefighters’ Marshal: Dan Seals
Co-Sports Marshals: Joe Gibbs; Jay Schroeder
Miss Apple Blossom: Rebecca Oates
Celebrities: Len Bias; Rollie Massimino; Christopher Durham; Kathy
Johnson; Lee Meredith; Eddie Robinson; Jeff Rohrer; George Welsh; Miss Virginia - Kim Johnson

1985

Queen: Lucinda Desha Robb
Minister of Crown: Gov. Charles S. Robb
Grand Marshal: Robert Wagner
Firefighters’ Marshal: Kathy Mattea
Co-Sports Marshal: Bart Conner & Rowdy Gaines
Miss Apple Blossom: Melanie Daniels
Celebrities: Tim Reid; Daphne Maxwell; Mary Kay Adams; Franco Harris; Tony Dorsett; Jeff Bostic; Rich Milot; Art Fleming; Horace McKinney; Miss Virginia - Susan Parker; John Thompson; Jon Koncak; Patrick Ewing

1984

Queen: Maria Meredith Mudd
Minister of Crown: Roger Mudd
Grand Marshal: Willie Mays
Firefighters’ Marshal: Leroy Van Dyke
Sports Marshal: John Havlicek
Miss Apple Blossom: Katherine Solenberger
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Lisa Aliff; Terry Holland; Andrea Evans; Robin Cole; Michael Downs; Nick Giaquinto; Mickey Spillane

1983

Queen: Dana Lee Connors
Ministers of Crown: Gov. Charles S. Robb and Mike Connors
Grand Marshal: John James
Firefighters’ Marshal: Tommy Overstreet
Sports Marshal: Mark Moseley
Miss Apple Blossom: Julie Fulcher
Celebrities: James Sikking; Robin Chapman; Hope Mihalap; Jim Owen; Miss Maryland, Lynn Graham; Dexter Manley; Gary Hogeboom; Fulton Walker; Tom Radle

1982

Queen: Elyse Dianne Knight
Minister of Crown: Gov. Charles S. Robb
Grand Marshal: Frank Bonner
Firefighters’ Marshal: George Hamilton, IV
Sports Marshal: L.C. Greenwood
Celebrities: Mike Nelms; Charlie Waters; Miss Virginia - Vicky Pulliam

1981

Queen: Amelia Linden
Minister of Crown: Hal Linden
Grand Marshal: Anson Williams
Firefighters’ Marshal: Margo Smith
Sports Marshal: Billy Jo DuPree
Celebrities: Rita Walter; Ralph Albertazzie; Jimmy Arthur Ordge;
Miss Virginia - Holly Jereme; Mel Blount; Mark Murphy; Lou Brock; Bruce Laingen; Russ Potts

1980

Queen: Leslie Ann Landon
Minister of Crown: Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Grand Marshal: Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Firefighters’ Marshal: Al Downing
Sports Marshal: Hank Aaron
Celebrities: Guy Friddel; Drew Pearson; Richard “Digger” Phelps;
Wes Unseld

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1979 - 1970

1979

Queen: Maria Ferrer
Minister of Crown: Jose Ferrer
Grand Marshal: Jimmy Dean
Firefighters’ Marshal: Richard Paul
Co-Sports Marshals: Bob Breunig and Brooks Robinson
Celebrities: Miss America - Kylene Barker;
Miss Virginia - Paige M. Brown; Buck Ryan; Mickey Mouse;
Jackie Jensen; Ron McDole

1978

Queen: Gigi Garner
Minister of Crown: Gov. John N. Dalton
Grand Marshal: Norman Fell
Firefighters’ Marshal: Rex Allen, Jr.
Sports Marshal: Jack Pardee
Celebrities: Dolly Parton; Miss Virginia - Terri Bartlett; Jack Valenti; D.D. Lewis; John Unitas; Lew Burdette; Neil Boggs

1977

Golden Anniversary
Queen: Laury Boone
Ministers of Crown: Elizabeth Taylor & Senator John Warner
Grand Marshal: Tom Bosley
Firefighters’ Marshal: Dottie West
Sports Marshal: Paul Hornung
Celebrities: Sonny Jurgensen; Howard Stevens; David Schoumacher; Col. Harland Sanders; Ted Malone; Miss Virginia - Pamela Polk;
Sugar Ray Leonard; Don Strock

1976

Queen: Mary Frances Crosby
Minister of Crown: Gen. James Van Fleet
Grand Marshal: Mickey Mantle
Firefighters’ Marshal: Tanya Tucker
Sports Marshal: Chuck Foreman
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Joan Grady; Mickey Mouse;
Col. Harland Sanders; The Hon. John Warner; Ann Compton;
John Lucas

1975

Queen: Susan Elizabeth Ford
Minister of Crown: President Gerald Ford
Grand Marshal: Bob Hope
Firefighters’ Marshal: LaCosta
Sports Marshals: Larry Brown and Joe Theisman
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Stephanie Dowdy; Mickey Mouse;
Col. Harland Sanders; Reg Murphy

1974

Queen: Cynthia “Cissy” Baker
Minister of Crown: Gov. Mills E. Godwin, Jr.
Grand Marshal: Frank Gifford
Firefighters’ Marshal: Dick Curless
Sports Marshal: Billy Kilmer
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Elinda Gail Vandeventer; Tom McMillen

1973

Queen: Edda Maria Sevilla Somoza Sacasa
Minister of Crown: Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Grand Marshal: Mike Douglas
Firefighters’ Marshal: Red Steagel
Sports Marshal: Craig Morton
Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Dona Marie Pillow; Ray Schoenke;
Roy Drusky; Tommy James & the Shondells; Curt Knight

1972

Queen: Shelley Wellons Moore
Minister of Crown: Gov. Arch Moore, West Virginia
Grand Marshal: Billy Graham
Firefighters’ Marshal: Freddie Hart
Co-Sports Marshals: Jim Plunkett; Howard Cosell
Celebrities: Barbara Mandrell; Miss Virginia - Linda Jean Moyer;
Dr. Delano Meriwether; Glen Ressler

1971

Queen: Juliana Shepard
Minister of Crown: Adm. Alan Shepard
Grand Marshal: “Sheriff Joe Higgins”
Firefighters’ Marshal: Johnny & Joanie Mosby
Co-Sports Marshals: Earl Morrall; Calvin Hill
Celebrities: Miss America - Phyllis George; Joe & Rose Lee Maphis

1970

Queen: Merie Ellen Fong
Minister of Crown: Gov. Linwood Holton
Grand Marshal: Captain Wally Shirra
Firefighters’ Marshal: Del Reeves
Sports Marshals: Len Dawson; Jesse Owens
Celebrities: Penny DeHaven; Jack Jones; Hank Thompson

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1969 - 1960

1969

Queen: Nancy Hardin
Minister of Crown: Senator Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia
Grand Marshal: Ed McMahon
Firefighters’ Marshal: Charles Louvin
Sports Marshal: Dizzy Dean
Celebrities: Jan Howard; Leroy Keyes; Barbara Jo Rubin

1968

Queen: Barbara Anne Eisenhower
Minister of Crown: Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Grand Marshal: Eddie Bracken
Firefighters’ Marshal: Skeeter Davis
Sports Marshal: Fran Tarkenton
Celebrities: Cheryl Miller; Virginia Mayo; Jack Mullaney; Margaret O’Brien; Lyle Talbot; Dick Curless

1967

Queen: Virginia Guest
Minister of Crown: Ambassador Albert Ritchie, Canada
Grand Marshal: Hank Williams, Jr.
Firefighters’ Marshall: Barbara Kelly, “Miss Canada”
Sports Marshal: Otto Graham
Celebrities: Billy Walker

1966

Queen: Elizabeth Jane Henderson
Minister of Crown: Gov. Mills E. Godwin, Jr.
Grand Marshal; Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
Firefighters’ Marshal: Tambi Garrett
Sports Marshal: Sammy Baugh
Celebrities: Ronnie Dove; Little Jimmie Dickens; Willie Nelson;
Ernest Tubb

1965

Queen: Neva Rockefeller
Minister of Crown: Senator George Murphy, California
Grand Marshal: Jack Dempsey
Firefighters’ Marshal: Carmel Quinn
Celebrities: Madame Claire L. Chennault; Ernest Tubb

1964

Queen: Luci Baines Johnson
Minister of Crown: President Lyndon Johnson
Grand Marshal: Lucille Ball
Firefighters’ Marshal: Dottie West
Celebrities: Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson; “Johnny” Philip Morris; Norman G. Dyhrenfurth (Leader America’s first successful Mt. Everest Expedition); Mac Wiseman; The Carter Family; Ray Price

1963

Queen: Brooke Randolph Farland
Minister of Crown: Gen. Lauris Norstad
Grand Marshal: Pernell Roberts
Firefighters’ Marshal: Andrea Miller
Celebrities: Ernest Tubb

1962

Queen: Patricia Ann Godfrey
Minister of Crown: Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Commerce
Grand Marshal: George Montgomery
Firefighters’ Marshal: Hurd Hatfield
Celebrities: Arthur Godfrey; Buck Owens

1961

Queen: Katherine Spach Creech
Minister of Crown: General U.S. Grant, III, Ret.
Grand Marshal: Gene Barry
Firefighters’ Marshal: Shelley Mann
Celebrities: Miss America, Nancy Ann Fleming; Billy Walker

1960

Queen: Yvonne Mendonca
Minister of Crown: Gov. William F. Quinn, Hawaii
Grand Marshal: Tom Tryon
Firefighters’ Marshal: Betty Madigan

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1959 - 1950

1959

Queen: Sara Elaine Atwood
Minister of Crown: Fred A. Seaton, Secretary of Interior
Grand Marshal: Gene Barry
Firefighters’ Marshal: Russ Tamblyn
Celebrities: Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley

1958

Queen: Daphne Nancy Beth Fairbanks
Minister of Crown: Rep. Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Grand Marshal: Ted Mack
Firefighters’ Marshal: Kitty Kallen
Celebrities: Audrey Meadows; Roy Sievers; Chuck Stobbs; Jim Lemon; Eddie Yost

1957

Queen: Anne Denise Doughty-Tichborne
Minister of Crown: Earl of De La Warr, London, England
Grand Marshal: James Cagney
Firefighters’ Marshal: Ted Malone
Celebrities: “Johnny” Philip Morris; Patsy Cline

1956

Queen: Laura “Mimi” MacArthur
Minister of Crown: Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, Lord Mayor of England
Grand Marshal: Bert Parks
Firefighters’ Marshal: Tippy Stringer
Celebrities: Betty Furness; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; Cyd Charisse; Patsy Cline

1955

Queen: Jean Spratley Stephens
Minister of Crown: Senator Stuart Symington, MO
Grand Marshal: Captain Video
Firefighters’ Marshal: Pick Temple
Celebrities: Patsy Cline

1954

Queen: Patricia Ann Priest
Minister of Crown: Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense
Grand Marshal: Ed Sullivan
Firefighters’ Marshal: Aletha Agee and Art Lamb
Celebrities: “Aunt Jemina”, “Johnny” Phillip Morris

1953

Queen: Kathryn Eisenhower
Minister of Crown: Gen. James Van Fleet, USA Ret.
Grand Marshal: Arthur Godfrey
Firefighters’ Marshal: Milton Canniff (creator of “Steve Canyon” cartoon)
Celebrities: William Boyd, “Hopalong Cassidy; Joe Kirkwood; Jackson Weaver; Frank Harden

1952

(Winchester Bicentennial 1752-1952)
Queen: Nina Warren
Minister of Crown: Bernard Baruch
Grand Marshal: Howard Keel
Firefighters’ Marshal: Bailey Goss, WMAL TV
Celebrities: Hal Boyle, “Betty Crocker”

1951

Queen: Guri Lee
Minister of Crown: Gen. George Marshall
Grand Marshal: Esther Williams (Cancelled due to illness)
Firefighters’ Marshal: Harry Wismer
Celebrities: “Johnny” Phillip Morris

1950

Queen: Anne Carleton Hadley
Minister of Crown: Vice President Alben W. Barkley
Grand Marshal: Van Johnson
Firefighters’ Marshal: Fulton Lewis, Jr.
Celebrities: “Johnny” Philip Morris

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1949 - 1940

1949

Queen: Margaret Thors
Minister of Crown: Vice President Alben W. Barkley
Grand Marshal: Bob Hope

1948

Queen: Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill
Minister of Crown: Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff USAC
Grand Marshal: Bing Crosby

1947

Queen: Jean Cartwright Lane
Minister of Crown: Gov. William M. Tuck, (VA)
Grand Marshal: Gen. Jacob Devers

1946

Queen: Nancy Anderson
Minister of Crown: Fleet Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz, USN
Grand Marshal: Gen. A.A. Vandergrift

1942-1945

No festival because of World War II

1941

Queen: Mollie Foulkes Lee
Minister of Crown: Edward R. Stetitinns, Jr.
Grand Marshal: Maj. Lewis M. Allen

1940

Queen: Lillian Somoza
Minister of Crown: Hon. Henry F. Grady, Assistant Secretary of State
Grand Marshal: Maj. Lewis M. Allen

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1939 - 1930

1939

Queen: Genevieve Garner
Minister of Crown: Gov. James H. Price, VA
Grand Marshal: Maj. Lewis M. Allen

1938

(Bicentennial of Frederick County 1738-1938)
Queen: Adelaide Moffett
Minister of Crown: Adm. Richard E. Byrd
Grand Marshal: Maj. Lewis M. Allen

1937

Queen: Gretchen Thompson
Minister of Crown: Adm. John R. Beardall

1936

Queen: Cornelia Laurs
Minister of Crown: Sen. John G. Townsend, Jr., DE

1935

Queen: Mme. Nelva Veverka
Minister of Crown: Gov. H.G. Kump, WV

1934

Queen: Mrs. John Hay Whitney
Minister of Crown: Lewis Douglas, U.S. Ambassador to England

1933

Queen: Francoise May
Minister of Crown: Sec. of War George Dern

1932

Queen: Helen Ames Washington
Minister of Crown: Ambassador Paul Claudel, France

1931

Queen: Patricia Morton
Minister of Crown: Adm. Richard E. Byrd

1930

Queen: Susanne Pollard
Minister of Crown: Gov. L.G. Hardman, Georgia

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1929 - 1924

1929

Queen: Mary Jo Matthews
Minister of Crown: Gov. William G. Conley, West Virginia

1928

Queen: Mary Wise Boxley
Minister of Crown: Commander
Richard E. Byrd

1927

Queen: Isabella
Tyson Gilpin
Minister of Crown: Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secretary of War

1926

Queen: Priscilla Bridges
Minister of Crown: Gov. Harry F. Byrd

1925

Queen: Eleanor Chiles
Minister of Crown: Herman Stine

1924

Queen: Elizabeth Steck
Minister of Crown: Richard H.G. Gray

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