The Strawberry Festival Junior Strawberry Princess Court tradition began in 1922 when Marjorie Billings was crowned Strawbe rry Festival Junior Queen, with her coronation kicking off the children’s parade, much like how today’s Senior Court coronation kicks off the Strawberry Festival.
There wasn’t a second Junior Queen until 1951, after which time the Strawberry Festival’s Junior Court was a regular feature until 1983. It was once again revived in 2018.
Since the mid-1900s, the Junior…