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The Summer 2025 issue of Waterbury History magazine (Volume I, No. 3) includes articles on:
• The origins and evolution of the renowned Mattatuck Drum Band, the oldest fife and drum corps in the country that dates back to 1767 in the Farmingbury area.
* A profile of Charles Somers Miller, a longtime leader of the Mattatuck Drum Band who was prominent in a number of other fields
* A look at 100 years of entertainment at Hamilton Park Pavilion, which opened on Sept. 9, 1925 and gained fame in its early days as a dance hall hosting the biggest names of the Big Band era
• Related stories on the park pavilion – which was also home to a popular roller skating rink for decades and now houses Seven Angels Theatre.
• Readers offer their memories of the Flood of 1955 in Waterbury, when storms caused dams to break and torrrents of water from the Naugatuck River swept through portions of the city – causing devastating damage and 29 fatalities in the city.
• A look back at the legendary Pearl Street summer basketball league that elevated Waterbury’s status as a hoops hotbed, gaining fame as one of the top seasonal leagues in the Northeast.
* A profile of Waterbury Hall of Fame member Timothy Porter, who operated a number of successful businesses in the city and was a noted abolitionist, whose home was reported to be a stop on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves.
* “The World’s Greatest Sleigh Party,” when a Waterbury businessman’s idea grew into a winter ride through the city for thousands of children in 1907.
Price: $10.00
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