Newtown appears to have cornered the market on Labor Day parades, reportedly holding the only one in the state.

An estimated 4,000 people lined the streets of Newtown to view the town’s first Labor Day parade back on September 3, 1962.

Newtown Labor Day parade marshal Lee Davidson roller skated the parade route dressed in a gorilla suit in 1979.

Lee Glover was the grand marshal for Newtown’s first Labor Day Parade, in September 1962.

Newtown Labor Day parade marshal Lee Davidson roller skated the parade route dressed in a gorilla suit in 1979.