2024-2020

2024
​Queen: Joy Elizabeth Berlanga (Daughter of Tyne Vance Berlanga, Queen Shenandoah in 2001 and Granddaughter of Susan Ford Bales, Queen Shenandoah 1975)
Grand Marshal: John Huertas
Firefighters' Marshal: Huntley, Winner of Season 24 of The Voice
Sports Marshal: Archie Manning
Kids' Marshal: Snoopy
Honorary Grand Marshal: Barry Lee
Miss Apple Blossom Festival:  Madison Marchant
Miss Apple Blossom Festival Teen: Caty Jewell
​Celebrities and Guests: Rocky Bleier, Brenda Frese, Efren Ramirez, Jas Boothe, Rita McClenny, Miss Virginia Katie Rose, Miss Virginia Association of Fairs, Kara Dixon, Stephanie Stuckey, Ryan Dobson
Sports Breakfast Hall of Fame Inductees: Jimmy Omps and Chris Garber

​2023
​Queen: Isabella Louise Astin (Daughter of Sean Astin)
Grand Marshal: Kate Flannery and Brian Sullivan
Firefighters' Marshal: Kenny Wallace, retired NASCAR driver
Sports Marshal: Erik Dickerson and Nazeeh Johnson
Honorary Grand Marshals: Nick and Kathy Nerangis
Miss Apple Blossom Festival:  Amanda Short
Miss Apple Blossom Festival Outstanding Teen: Gracie Clark
​Celebrities: Gary Clark, Noah Thompson, Hunter Girl, Kellye Cash, Elizabeth Lynch, Miss Virginia Victoria Chauah, Miss Virginia Association of Fairs Natalie Woodward, Pete Davis
Sports Breakfast Hall of Fame Inductees: Debby Sanders and Jim Casey

2022
​Queen: Mia Dorsett (Daughter of Tony Dorsett)
Grand Marshal: Terry Bradshaw
Firefighters' Marshal: Dean Cain
Sports Marshal: Julius "Dr. J" Erving
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Savannah Marcum
​Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Tatum Sheppard; Tony Dorsett; Fred Smoot; Jeff Hammond; Dr. Lisa Surtevant; Kim Sharp; Margo Oxendine; Kara Britz
Sports Breakfast Hall of Fame Inductees: Bob Brown; Sonny Chapman; Brenda Neal; Jimmy Wilkins, Jr.

2021
​Sports Marshal: Joe Theismann
Miss Apple Blossom Festival: Erika Allen
​Celebrities: Miss Virginia - Dot Kelly; Santana Moss; Haley Skarupa; Dave Sanderson; Cissy Graham Lynch; Nick "Nickette Hogette" Nerangis
Sports Breakfast Hall of Fame Inductees (Inaugural Class): Tom Dixon; Russ Potts; Walter Barr; Wendell Dick; Dick Kern; Ken Mease
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2020
​No Festival due to COVID-19

 

2019-2010

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

2009-2000

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 (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

1999-1990

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

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

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 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

1969-1960

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

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 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

1949-1940

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 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

1939-1930

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 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

1929-1924

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