'Turnback Tuesday' features Old Mill Stone outside Derby Public Library

In honor of National Poem Month, we're sharing this poem on Turnback Tuesday of the Old Mill Stone located at the Derby Public Library. 

Miss Ada S. Shelton read this verse at the meeting of Sarah Riggs Humphreys Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. It concerns the mill stone placed for a sun dial at the Derby Public Library in 1929.

Thanks to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week!  

'Turnback Tuesday' on Wednesday features 'Old Mill Stone of Derby'

Turnback Tuesday remembers the “Old Mill Stone of Derby.”
The stone was from the first grist mill in Derby located on Sentinel Hill. 
The Sarah Riggs Humphreys' Daughters of the American Revolution owned the mill stone and offered it to the Derby Public Library. 
The Daughters said they would cover the expenses for the stone to be moved and have it set up as a sun dial. 
The Sundial/Millstone was dedicated by the Daughters in 1929. The sundial still stands in front of the Library today. 

(Photo taken by Marian O’Keefe, circa 1962)

Thanks as always to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history with the community!