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

Salvatore Giacobbe (Directors' Discretion)

1909 – 2000

Salvatore P. Giacobbe was born in Everett, MA on December 23, 1909 and relocated to Meriden in 1937 with his parents. He spent his career working for Pratt & Whitney Company, Inc. of West Hartford for 34 years and retired in 1975. Salvatore was active in Meriden politics and local fraternal organizations, serving six two-year terms as a selectman, for many years as secretary and president of the former Meriden Italian-American Republican Club, for ten years on the Bo...

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.