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Buckhannon: Then & Now – Strawberry Festival Edition

Beckie Boyd
May 20, 2022

BUCKHANNON – The Strawberry Festival is alive and well in downtown Buckhannon. With an abundance of parades, vendors, music and strawberries, it’s the most wonderful time of year in Upshur County.

See the Strawberry Festival “Then” gallery below for photos of the festival throughout the years. Enjoy! Original photographs courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society.

This “horse-drawn” carriage was seen traveling down Strawberry Lane in 1953 / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society

Berry judging exhibit in front of the Upshur County Courthouse in 1955 / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society

Parade float on Strawberry Lane in the 1950s / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society

Strawberry shortcake costumes at the second West Virginia Strawberry Festival / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society

Strawberry Festival Coronation in 1973 / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society

Strawberry costumes made of crepe paper at the second West Virginia Strawberry Festival / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society

West Virginia Strawberry Festival Coronation in 1964 / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society

The Story of the Strawberry – the second year of the West Virginia Strawberry Festival / Photo courtesy of the Upshur County Historical Society

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