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Labor Day Parade Spreads Message Of FAITH And Love

By Alissa Silber

Published: Sep 04, 2017 12:00 AM

Newtown's 56th annual Labor Day Parade kicked off on Monday, September 4, at 10 am.For more coverage of the 2017 Labor Day Parade, pick up The Newtown Bee's Friday, September 8, print edition

In honor of this year's grand marshal, Lee Paulsen of FAITH Food Pantry, the parade's theme was "Labor of Love."

The parade line-up started from the corner of Currituck Road and Main Street and brought participants down Main Street, turning left onto Glover Avenue, and taking another left onto Queen Street, before it finished in front of the grandstand.

Members of the Newtown Police Department were the first to come down the Labor Day Parade line on Monday, September 4. (Bee Photo, Silber)

Allan Gambino sat with his granddaughter, Payton Ryan, at her first Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 4. She wore her bright pink heart sunglasses and was eager for the parade to start, kicking her legs in anticipation. (Bee Photo, Silber)

Valerie and Gary Macelis enjoyed the 2017 Labor Day Parade with their children Gavin, 1, and McKenzie, 5, on the corner of Church Hill Road and Main Street. (Bee Photo, Silber)

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