The Mattatuck Drum Band is an American

fife and drum corps A Fife and drum corps is a musical ensemble consisting of fifes and drums. In the United States of America, fife and drum corps specializing in colonial period impressions using fifes, rope tension snare drums, and (sometimes) rope tension bas ...

organized in 1767 in Farmingbury, now

Wolcott, Connecticut Wolcott () is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is primarily residential, with a population of 16,142 as of the 2020 United States Census. The town was settled in the 1730s by English settlers of the Connecticut Colony a ...

. According to its website, it is the oldest fife and drum corps in the U.S. with continuous membership.

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{{reflist American instrumental musical groups Fife players Musical groups established in the 1760s 1767 establishments in Connecticut