Did You Know?

Mayor Erastus Corning declared the Tulip Albany's official flower on July 1, 1948.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands designated the "Orange Wonder" as Albany's official tulip.
The first Tulip Festival was held on May 14, 1949.
The Tulip Queen Coronation is held each year in Albany's historic Washington Park.

59 Years of Tulip Queens

For over half a century, one of Albany's most treasured traditions.

1949 Jeanne Coakley-Foley
1950 Dorothy Ward-Scalone
1951 Judy Davenport
1952 Jo Pangie-Henk
1953 Peggy Retter Quinn
1954 Lois Tewell-Woodworth
1955 Suzanne Schuster
1956 Nadia Spiak[Rymanowski
1957 Carol Thorsen-Quackenbush
1958 Jane Armstrong -Snowden
1959 Carol Smurl-Fields
1960 Julie Kaiser
1961 Patricia Ponticello
1962 Nancy Self-Fornato
1963 Joanne Gross-Whipple
1964 Maureen Glasheen
1965 Bonnie Mason
1966 Donna Vache-Fish
1967 Karen Holtslag
1968 Kathy McTague-Odabashian
1969 Linda Kinnicutt-Lamb
1970 Chritine Little-Daddario
1971 Janet Schlegel-Larkin
1972 Judy Murphy-Rapple
1973 Patty Mutterer
1974 Jacqueline Regina-Dushensky
1975 Blaine Ryan-Lynch
1976 Patricia Murphy-Noonan
1977 Mary Kelly Illnicki
1978 Marjorie Tetrault

1979 Sandy Rector-Deluca
1980 Elizabeth Miller-Grandjacquet
1981 Stephanie Freeman-Cohen
1982 Shelia McGrath-Babbino
1983 Mary Theresa Moreland
1984 Debra Capazucco-Peda
1985 Jill Harris-Johnson
1986 Andrea Palumbo
1987 Anne Marie Dolan-Scott
1988 Maria Mokhiber-Ziamandanis
1989 Heather Britt-Subik
1990 Diane Foley-Chowenhill
1991 Kelly Hogan-Finelli
1992 Jennifer Recene-Gallagher
1993 Wendy Sims
1994 Victoria Lee Palmer
1995 Stacey Vennard-Kirk
1996 Tamara Thorpe-Odem
1997 Christina Roberts
1998 Katie O'Malley
1999 Nichole Stack
2000 Kelly Conlon
2001 Amy Kaplan
2002 Jennifer Gould-Lobban
2003 Kaylin Gross
2004 Meredith Rose-Kelly
2005 Amy Deitz
2006 Amanda Benincasa
2007 Amisha Gomes
2008 (it could be you!)