For the second year in a row, there will not be a Newtown Labor Day Parade.

The parade committee announced through Facebook on Saturday, June 26, that the decision had been made to cancel this year’s parade.

The pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 parade. The committee had been struggling in recent months with a decision for this year’s event.

The cancellation of another parade, according to the committee’s post, “was not made lightly. But the time and effort required to execute the event are too much with the short time remaining before Labor Day.”

The statement further noted that if the town wants to see the traditional event return, more volunteers are going to be needed moving forward.

“The committee has always been lean and mean and does not have enough remaining members or volunteers to pull off this herculean event,” the post noted. “So if you'd like to see the 60-year-old event return next year, PLEASE consider joining the committee or committing to volunteer.”

The organizing process for 2022 will begin in the fall.

The longstanding tradition did not step off last year, another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The parade committee announced in early July 2020 that the 59th Annual Newtown Labor Day Parade was canceled.