Burlington History Night 2017

City of Burlington Department of Recreation and Parks and Paramount Theater · August 27, 2025

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Welcome and program overview

Presentation

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Speaker 1 (host) opened the evening on behalf of the City of Burlington and the Department of Recreation and Parks and the Paramount Theater, explained the format (presentation ~1 hour with Q&A), and introduced co-presenter Walter (Speaker 2).

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A public history presentation at the Paramount Theater traced Burlington's origins from prehistoric buffalo trails through railroad- and mill-driven growth, Civil War and Reconstruction-era events, labor struggles around 1900, 20th-century boom and later downtown decline and revitalization efforts.

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