2026 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING & DINNER

Join us to elect our 2026-2027 officers and announce the 2026 Meriden Hall of Fame Inductees.

6:00pm Social Hour | 6:30pm Business Meeting | 7:00pm Dinner

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Featured Inductee

Joseph Pierce (Historic Persons)

1842 – 1916

Joseph Pierce was born on November 10, 1842 in Guangzhou (Canton), China. At the age of 10, his father sold him to sea captain Amos Peck of Berlin, Connecticut in 1852 for 6 silver dollars, and Peck brought him to live on the Peck family farm on Chamberlain Highway. He was likely one of the few Chinese in Connecticut and New England. On July 26, 1862, Pierce enlisted in the 14th Regiment, Company F of the Connecticut Volunteer Infantry...

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE STAMPS HONORING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Rosa Ponselle
Inducted: 1977 | Stamp released: 1997

Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola
Inducted: 1985 | Stamp released: 2023

2023 U.S. Postal Service stamp honoring 1985 inductee Thomas Anthony “Tomie” dePaola and his Caldecott Medal–winning children’s book Strega Nona.