CHANGE OF VENUE FOR OUR INDUCTION CEREMONY

THE INDUCTION CEREMONY WILL NOW BE HELD AT THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY, COMMUNITY ROOM ON MILLER ST.  2PM ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 15.  IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ALSO WILL BE LIVE STREAMED VIA THE INTERNET.  PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.MERIDENHALLOFFAME.ORG FOR MORE INFO.

 

Featured Inductee

Christopher W. Wilson (Historical Persons)

Christopher W. Wilson was born in 1846 in Dublin, Ireland. His family immigrated to Meriden and was living in today’s downtown at the start of the Civil War in 1861. Only 19 years old, Wilson enlisted in the Union Army infantry at Camp Scott in Staten Island as a private in Company F 4th Regiment Excelsior Brigade. He was described as being 5’10” with brown eyes, dark hair, and a dark com...

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