The historical society will hold its Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 6:45 PM at Madison Community House, 25 Cook Avenue. This will be our first in-person meeting since 2020 and all members are invited.

The meeting will be a way to update members on the society’s activities and vote on a slate of officers and trustees for 2024- 25. Refreshments will be served.

There will be a guest speaker, Janet Foster, whose topic will be: “Black, White, and Yellow Taxis: Madison and the Green Book”. Janet Foster is an architectural historian, preservationist, and author who lives in Madison. She served as the Assistant Director for the Urban Planning & Historic Preservation programs at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning Preservation from 2002-2012 and Chair of the New Jersey Historic Trust. Janet also is on the Hartley Dodge Foundation Committee and Madison’s Historic Preservation Committee.

This meeting is open to all members of the Madison Historical Society. If you plan on attending, please email the Madison Historical Society at: historyspeakerseries@gmail.com. for registration.