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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Inductees

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Featured Inductee

Lucille Elaine Bilger (Philanthropy)

1924 – 2017

Lucille Elaine Bilger was born on August 1, 1924 to George and Emma Bilger and lived in Meriden her entire life. She attended Connecticut College of Commerce, forerunner of Quinnipiac College, and studied accounting and bookkeeping. Lucille and her brothers Allan and David worked at Bilger Farm, their family’s dairy farm on Westfield Road which was purchased by their grandfather Willhelm Brechlin aro...

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.