Visitors to this year’s Mum Festival walk Memorial Boulevard where over 100 vendors offer their wares and services at part of the 61st annual Mum Festival. | Ron Tessman

Bristol Police Chief Brain Gould, this year’s Grand Marshal, displays placard honoring fallen police officers Lt. Dustin DeMonte and Sgt. Alex Hamzy | Ron Tessman

This year’s Miss Mum Festival Pageant winners pose at the end of the competition. | Ron Tessman

The entire Miss Mum Festival ensemble gather on the stage of the Rockwell Theater at the Bristol Arts and Innovation Magnet School on the opening night of this year’s Mum Festival, Friday evening. | Ron Tessman