The Middletown Township Historical Society holds speaker events on the fourth Tuesday of alternating months.  All are free to attend, and unless otherwise noted, are held online and/or at the Middletown Township Public Library promptly at 7:00 pm. Speakers are authors, historians, educators, and Society members. 
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We are thankful to the Monmouth County Historical Commission and New Jersey Historical Commission for providing funding assistance for our Speaker Series.

Upcoming Events:

Check soon for 2026 schedule!
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 26, 2024:
Railroads of Monmouth County
by Tom Gallo

October 22, 2024:
Nike Missiles at Fort Hancock
by Bill Jackson

September 18, 2024:
Bruce Springsteen Archives
by Melissa Ziobro

July 23, 2024:
Stories of the Lenape
by Professor Camilla Townsend

June 25, 2024:
Middletown's Loyalist Insurrection of 1776
by Michael Adelberg

May 28, 2024:
Archaeology at the Twin Lights
by Dr. Richard Veit

April 23, 2024:
A Tour of Presidential Gravesites
by TJ Fallon

March 26, 2024:
The Literature of Sandy Hook
by Dr. Stanley Blair

February 27, 2024:
Open House & Award Ceremony

November 28, 2023:
Railroad Vacations at the Jersey Shore
​by Bill Elwell

October 24, 2023:
History, Tragedy, & Comedy: The Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field
​by John Zinn

September 26, 2023:
Nearer Home: Short Histories of Monmouth & Ocean Counties
​by Daniel Weeks

August 22, 2023:
Molly Pitcher's Local Origin
​by John Fabiano

July 25, 2023:
The Raritan Bayshore
​by John Allan Savolaine & Matthew H. Ward

June 27, 2023:
Baseball is in My DNA: A History of Baseball in Freehold
​by Glenn Cashion

May 23, 2023:
Springwood Avenue Harmony: The Unique Musical Legacy of Asbury Park's West Side
​by Charlie and Pam Horner

April 25, 2023:
Middletown Memories: Muriel J Smith, Journalist of the Bayshore
​Original Video Premiere

March 28, 2023:
Introducing Henry Morford: The Greatest Middletown Writer You've (Probably) Never Heard Of
​by Dr. Stanley Blair

February 28, 2023:
The True Story of Teddy Roosevelt's First Love
​by Mary Calvi

Photo of Ms. Calvi by Joe Panella

November 22, 2022:
USCS Robert J. Walker: Shipwreck Mapping Expedition
​by Dan Lieb

September 27, 2022:
Geraldine L. Thompson
​by Jane Scimeca

August 23, 2022:
Lost Monmouth County
​by Randall Gabrielan

July 26, 2022:
The Grover Family of Middletown 
​by Rick Geffken

June 28, 2022:
Love, Death, & Betrayal: The Anna & Vito Genovese Story 
​by John R. Barrows

May 24, 2022:
Thunder on the Beach: Sandy Hook Proving Ground 
​by Mara Rasa

April 26, 2022:
Middletown Memories: A Conversation with Richard Winters 
​Original Video Premiere

March 22, 2022:
Metal Detection at a British Retreat Campsite in Middletown 
​by Kristen T. Hohn

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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