October 31, 2022 3:50 a.m.

Roseburg’s Neewollah Parade returns Monday, after being paused for two year’s due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Participants, who are encouraged to dress in costume, should gather at 5:00 p.m. on the steps of the courthouse. After a group photo, they will parade to Southeast Jackson Street, where children can head south, trick or treating from businesses. Families will go to Southeast Lane Avenue, then head back north down Jackson to Southeast Douglas. Jackson Street will be closed to vehicle traffic during the event.

Roseburg’s Neewollah Parade began in 1931. It was originally staged by the American Legion Umpqua Post 16, and called “a new form of frolic” as similar events had been sweeping the nation for several years.

The parade was canceled during World War II. It was shuttered again in 2019 and 2020, when a virtual costume contest and parade were held.

The Neewollah Parade is a Roseburg 150 event.