Jacktown Fair in full swing

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The new Jacktown Fair Queen Madison Burns, left, is crowned by outgoing fair queen Emmaline Beazell as Jacktown Fair Princess Regan Barnhart looks on.

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Madison Burns reacts to being named Jacktown Fair Queen during Tuesday’s opening ceremonies for the 2025 Jacktown Fair.

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Jacktown Fair Princess Regan Barnhart, 2025 Fair Queen Madison Burns and 2024 fair queen Emmaline Beazell stand for a picture after Tuesday’s opening ceremonies.

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Shortly before being crowned Tuesday, Jacktown Fair Queen Madison Burns tosses candy to the crowd during the parade.

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George “Bob” Finnegan, grand marshal for the 2025 Jacktown Fair parade, waves to the crowd Tuesday.

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The West Greene High School marching band passes through the gates of the Jacktown Fair during Tuesday’s parade.

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A 1949 tractor owned by Ethan Iams was one of 100 attractions in Tuesday’s Jacktown Fair parade.

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A child waves from a Morris Township Fire Department truck during Tuesday’s Jacktown Fair parade.

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The West Greene High School marching band passes through the gates of the Jacktown Fair during Tuesday’s parade.

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A future excavation worker drives for JH Excavation during Tuesday’s Jacktown Fair parade.

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Representatives of Covered Bridge Region AACA make their way through the Jacktown Fair Parade in a classic car.

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Grayson Selestow, right, and Lindley Reed, both Millsboro residents and incoming sophomores at Bethlehem-Center High School, try to win a prize at the Jacktown Fair Tuesday night.

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WIND RIDGE – The country’s longest continuously running fair, the 160th Jacktown Fair is in full swing following Tuesday’s annual parade and the crowning of the fair queen.

“It’s just a very special place in my heart that will always be there,” Madison Burns said after being named 2025 fair queen.

Burns, 16, is the daughter of Andrew and Alyssa Burns of Wind Ridge. She is entering her junior year at West Greene High School and plans on going to college for nursing. She is a two-year letter winner on the West Greene rifle team and a member of the West Greene Science Club.

Being queen has “always been kind of a dream of mine,” Burns said. She was already no stranger to being Jacktown Fair royalty, having been named fair princess in 2019.

Burns will be present at the fair the rest of the week, handing out ribbons in the barn to livestock winners and attending other events.

“I enjoy watching all the people come here, be happy and watching all the events going on,” she said.

She’s also looking forward to the state pageant in February.

During Friday’s opening ceremonies, state Sen. Camera Bartolotta and a representative for U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler were on hand to present certificates to the outgoing queen, Emmaline Beazell, Jacktown Fair Board President Buck Burns and this year’s grand marshal, George “Bob” Finnegan.

He’s watched the parade from the sidelines for years, but this was his first year riding in the parade, which winds through Wind Ridge up through the gates of the Jacktown Fair.

“The Jacktown Fair is the thing we all look forward to, and we also hate, because it’s time to go back to school,” he said. “I feel it’s an honor, and I’m hoping this year that I can help out a bit more somehow … that’s what it’s all about, making sure they’ve got a smile on their face.”

More fun is to come before the Jacktown Fair wraps up on Saturday, including a tractor pull, bingo, market sales, and a demolition derby on the closing night.

For a full schedule of events, go to jacktownfair.org.