Picture of the day - May 27, 2007

Abingdon, Virginia's 25th annual "Plum Alley Day" festival

Today's picture features a snapshot of the huge crowd that turned out for yesterday's 25th Annual "Plum Alley Day" festival in Abingdon, Virginia. Every May the Abingdon Kiwanis Club hosts this extremely popular one-day event, and the money raised from booth rentals, the Kiwanis Club yard sale, and thousands of $1 donations goes to help fund numerous charities, most of which are children-related. At approximately 6:30 yesterday morning, the narrow one-lane road known as Plum Alley was blocked off and turned into a combination flea market, yard sale and carnival complete with over 100 vendors, plenty of live entertainment and a number of children's events. And as you can see in the photo above, Plum Alley was jam-packed with friendly folks who came out to enjoy the day's festivities. As always, this year's edition of Plum Alley Day was a big hit with young and old alike, and lots of much-needed cash was raised to help out a number of worthy organizations. Thanks to everyone who came out and joined in the fun!   Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!            Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"