The Middletown Township Historical Society holds public events on the third Monday of the month, February through November.  All are free to attend, and unless otherwise noted, are held at the Middletown Township Public Library at 7:00 pm. Speakers are authors, historians, educators, and Society members. We hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events:

Check bank for details about our 2022 Speaker Series!
Middletown Township Public Library
55 New Monmouth Road
​Middletown, NJ 07748
Past Events
(Where applicable, clicking on the title or image will open a video recording of the presentation)

November 15, 2021:
Murder, Disaster, and Scandal in Monmouth 
​by Brian Armstrong

October 18, 2021:
Penelope Stout: The Life & Times of the Mother of Middletown 
​by Jeanne Vloyanetes

September 20, 2021:
William Leeds and Captain Kidd: Pious Men of God or Treacherous Pirates?
​by Rick Burton

August 16, 2021:
Cedar View Cemetery: How Community Partnership Revealed an Historic Lincroft Burial Ground
​by Joelle Zabotka

July 19, 2021:
Beyond Penelope: Twenty Sandy Hook Headline-Makers
​by Mark Stewart

June 21, 2021:
Mad Hatters, Radium Girls, and the Asbestos Hotel: Stories of New Jersey Industrial Toxins
​by Dr. Sandra Moss

May 17, 2021:
Monmouth County's Most Famous Commune: The North American Phalanx 
​by Jayme A. Sokolow, Ph.D.

April 19, 2021:
Middletown Farms of Percy & Herbert Straus 
​by Joan Adler

March 15, 2021:
Middletown's Militia Officers During the American Revolution 
​by Michael S. Adelberg

November 16, 2020:
A Cradle of the National Pastime: New Jersey Baseball, 1855 - 1880 
​by John Zinn

October 19, 2020:
Sandy Hook's Lost Highland Beach Resort
​by Susan Sandlass Gardiner

September 21, 2020:
The History of U.S. Presidential Elections & New Jersey's Role
​by Brian Armstrong

August 17, 2020:
Nineteenth Century Photographers of Monmouth County
​by Gary D. Saretzky

July 20, 2020:
Salvage Archaeology at the Hendrickson Farm in Middletown
​by Kristen T. Hohn


June 15, 2020:
Origins of the US Coast Guard and the Sandy Hook Life Saving Station
by Mary Rasa

February 17, 2020:
Show & Tell and Meet & Greet

November 18, 2019:
The Hidden History of Monmouth County by Muriel J. Smith
PLUS All Saints National Landmark Trust

October 21, 2019:
The Rise and Fall of the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey
​by Joseph Bilby

September 16, 2019:
Development of the Women's Suffrage Movement
​by Brian Armstrong

August 19, 2019:
​Origin of the Life Saving Service
​by Nicholas Wood
Special Location & Time: Twin Lights at 7:30 pm

July 15, 2019:
Joshua Huddy: A Revolutionary Life
​by John Fabiano

June 17, 2019:
The Quest for Private Fallon's Medal of Honor
​by Glenn Cashion

May 20, 2019:
New Jersey Originals
​by Linda Barth

April 29, 2019:
The Magnificent Seven of Middletown Sports
​by Mark Stewart

March 18, 2019:
Annual Meeting &
​Mary Wooster Sutton: First Female Attorney in Monmouth County
​by Randall Gabrielan

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