Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer and brings waves of tourists to the beaches.
In Virginia Beach, a patchwork of people are keeping another local Memorial Day weekend tradition alive — celebrating strawberries.
The Pungo Strawberry Festival was held for more than 30 years until 2019 and didn’t return after it was cancelled during the pandemic. A handful of fests have sprouted up, but without much involvement from the farmers who grow the fruit…