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Article: AZALEA FESTIVAL TIMELINE: CELEBRITY AND CONTROVERSY.(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2004
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1952: NATO's Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT) established in Norfolk. City organizes Norfolk Hospitality Committee for international guests.
1954: Azalea Festival premieres; Actress Pat Priest (who later plays Marilyn on "The Munsters") is Queen Azalea I; 20,000 attend Azalea Festival Air Show.
1955: Festival garners national media attention.
1961: Lynda Bird Johnson, elder daughter of newly elected Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson, named Queen Azalea VIII.
1962: Queen Azalea Margaret Ann "Peggy" Goldwater (daughter of U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater) wears shoes made of feathers, which spur protests. Bad weather causes coronation ...