Turnback Tuesday introduces Commander Tyrone Gabriel Martin of the USS Constitution from August 1974 to June 1978.
Martin was a guest at Derby’s 300th Celebration in 1975.
He was invited by the Tercentenary Celebration Committee a month before the festivities when they visited him on the USS Constitution docked in Boston.
Martin, born in Greenwich, was the 58th commanding officer of the Constitution. Our own native hero Commodore Isaac Hull was in command of the ship "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812.
Thanks to the staff at Derby Public Library for sharing interesting local history each week!
My daughter Allegra and I enjoyed an educational and popular program Sunday about the Merritt Parkway at the Seymour Historical Society headquarters.
More than 60 people attended, and 20 had to be turned away.
Stamford resident Jill Smyth, executive director of the Merritt Parkway Conservancy since 2007, presented interesting facts about the 37.5-mile road that meanders through Fairfield County from Greenwich to Stratford.
Read more about the Merritt's history in an upcoming issue of our Valley Voice newsletter.
