2019

Queen: Isabella Barker (granddaughter of Gigi Graham)

Ministers of Crown: Gigi Graham– Grandmother (daughter of Billy Graham)

Grand Marshal: Elle Macpherson

Firefighters’ Marshal: Marilu Henner                       

Sports Marshal: MIke Singletary

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Victoria Chuah

Celebrities: Miss Virginia – Emili McPhail; Miss Virginia Outstanding Teen – Emily Kinsey; Miss Apple Blossom Teen – Carol-Ann Moore; Jeff Burton; Desmond Howard; Cameron Jackson; Alex Limoges; Pat Collins; Janet Parshall; S. Cary Dunston; CSM Randolph Delapena; Mike O’Dell

2018

Queen: Elizabeth Astin (daughter of Sean Astin, Co-Grand Marshal 2004)

Ministers of Crown: Sean Astin, Ali Astin

Grand Marshal: Dan Marino

Firefighters’ Marshal: Sara Evans                       

Sports Marshal: Richard Petty

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Dot Kelly

Celebrities: Miss Virginia – Cecil Weber; Miss Teen Apple Blossom – Emily Kinsey; Ted DiBiase; Dan Jansen; Jason Wright; Joe Headley; Ruth Graham; Beth Comstock; Mike O’Dell

2017

Queen: Kiara Laurenzano (daughter of Michael O’Rea, great granddaughter of Lillian Sevilla-Sacasa, Queen, 1940)

Ministers of Crown: Grandmother – Lorena Sevilla-Somoza; Great Aunt/Godmother – Edda Maria Sevilla, Queen, 1973

Grand Marshal: Jim Belushi

Firefighters’ Marshal: Bobby Lebonte                       

Sports Marshal: Hines Ward

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Casey Shepard

Celebrities: Miss Virginia – Michaela Sigmon; Miss Teen Apple Blossom – Remi FiGart; Larry Robinsonr; Ken Mease; Harvey Grant; Justin Fuente; Monte Cater; Trudy Cathy White; Elizabeth McCormick; Sandy Lerner

2016

Queen: Ahna Cameron (Daughter of Kirk Cameron/Chelsea Noble Cameron)

Minister of Crown: Barbara Cameron

Grand Marshal: Wayne Brady

Firefighters’ Marshal: Jeff Hammond

Honorary Firefighters’ Marshal: Reese Burdette                       

Sports Marshal: Cal Ripken, Jr.

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Cameron Smith

Celebrities: Miss Virginia – Savannah Lane; Miss Teen Apple Blossom – Trilby Brown; Kevin Dresser; Ken Mease; Larry Robinson; Pam Webber; Gigi Graham; Mary McDuffie; Capt. Doug Watson

2015

Queen: Natasha Bure (Daughter of Candace Cameron Bure & Valeri Bure)

Minister of Crown: Candace Cameron Bure

Grand Marshal: Kevin Jonas

Firefighters’ Marshal: Lee Greenwood

Sports Marshal: Marcus Allen

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Katie Pimblett

Celebrities: Miss Virginia – Courtney Garrett; Miss Teen Apple Blossom – Jessalyn Mae Hayes; Miss Apple Blossom Teen in Training – Haylee Starr Landry; Anthony McBride; Linda Davis; Dave Sanderson; Cordell Watt; Abby Major; Ron Saul

2014

Queen: Alexandra Louise Astin (Daughter of Sean & Christine Astin)

Minister of Crown: Sean & Christine Astin

Grand Marshals: Sean & Catherine Lowe

Firefighters’ Marshal: J.R. Martinez

Sports Marshals: Joe Morgan, Bill Walton

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Elizabeth Martin

Celebrities: Miss Teen Apple Blossom – Casey Shepard; Miss Apple Blossom Teen in Training – Emily Kinsey; Landau Murphy; Robert Griffin Jr.; Dr. Lori; Jackie Griffin; Sheila Johnson; Lauryn Ricketts; Desiree Williams; Barry Lee; Ken Mease; Kota; Smokey Bear

2013

Queen: Rachel Lynn Matthews (Daughter of Queen Shenandoah LIII, Leslie Ann Landon Matthews)

Minister of Crown: Leslie Ann Landon Matthews

Grand Marshal: Scotty McCreery

Firefighters’ Marshal: Jep and Jessica Robertson

Sports Marshal: Bill  Elliott

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Victoria Maiden

Celebrities: Miss Virginia – Rosemary Willis; Miss Teen Apple Blossom – Elizabeth Mothershead; Miss Pre-Teen Apple Blossom – Tori Nicole Stanford; Johnny Newman; Ken Mease; Lisa Mikitarian; Eugene B. “Red” McDaniel, Capt. U.S. Navy (Retired); Tim League; Major General Michael R. Eyre; Dr. Lori

2012

Queen: Jazmyn Dorsett (Daughter of NFL Running Back Tony Dorsett)

Minister of Crown: Tony Dorsett

Grand Marshal: Mario Lopez

Honroary Grand Marshal: Capt. Leslie Smith [Ret.]

Firefighters’ Marshal: Rusty Wallace

Sports Marshal: Doug Flutie

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Kourtney Ginn

Celebrities: Jason Williford; Ken Mease; Miss Virginia – Elizabeth Crot; Louie Sheetz; Charles Polhamus; Lauren Green; Jay Foreman; Andre Viette

2011

Queen: Caitlin Brunell (Daughter of NFL Quarterback Mark Brunell)

Grand Marshal: Debbie Reynolds

Firefighters’ Marshal: Crystal Gayle

Sports Marshal: Barry Sanders

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Charlotte Fraser

Celebrities: Bonnie Blair; Kevin Dresser; Erick Green; Corey Gaines; Ayla Smith; Anne Beiler; Ken Mease; Miss Virginia – Caitlin Uze; Miss America – Caressa Cameron; Major General Kendall P. Cox; Tom “Terrific” Schenck; Jason Wright

2010

Queen: Rachel McDonnell (Daughter of VA Governer, Bob McDonnell)

Minister of Crown: Bob McDonnell

Grand Marshal: Val Kilmer

Firefighters’ Marshal: Randolph Mantooth

Sports Marshal: John Riggins

Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Shannon Bream

Celebrities: Aidan Turner; Roger Brown; Brian Mitchell; Greivis Vasquez; Mary Wayte Bradburne; Lang Campbell; Ken Mease; Shawn Driscoll; Miss Virginia – Chinah Helmandollar; Mark Moseley; Kelly Wright; Wendy Pepper

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 (daughter of Chevy and Jaynie 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 (daughter of Martin and Nancy 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

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

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; Steve Doocy, 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

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 Theismann

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

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

​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 Lie

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

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 due to 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

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 Larus

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

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