On May 31, 2025 at 1pm, the Hamilton Ohio sundial (NASS Sundial Registry #1109) was re-dedicated in Monument Park. Originally dedicated in 1941 to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) near the shores of the Great Miami River by the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, the sundial faced 84 years of weathering, vandalism, and neglect, leaving it in a sad state. 

Hamilton native and historian, Kathleen Stuckey Fox, stepped in to restore the dial and surrounding area of Monument Park, leading an engraved brick campaign to raise \(10,000.  The effort was supported by the citizens of Hamilton, Butler County Historical Society, the Hamilton Garden Club and the NASS who contributed \)1500,as Kathleen Stuckey Fox said, "to save one of their childrren." Philanthropists James K. Fitton and the W.E. Smith Family Charitable Trust provided substantial support.  At the end, $19,200 was raised and 140 engraved bricks to surround the dial were purchased and donated. The sundial restoration and crafting of a new sundial gnomon was done under the care and expertise of Hawkins and Hawkings, LLC of Cincinnati (https://www.studio-hawkins.com/).  They gave the bronze base and dial a warm brown patina with bight bronze pedestal legs.  The dial stans proudly on an octagonal grey granite base engraved "May 31, 2025."

During the Sundial Dedication at Monument Park, Hamilton Mayor, Pat Moeller and City Coucil presented a Proclamation thanking Kathleen Stuckey Fox, urging “all citizens to recognize and show appreciation to Kathleen and the work she has accomplished to preserve the City of Hamilton’s history.”  Mark Montgomery, representing the NASS, concluded his remarks with, “Many of the Grand Army of the Republic sundials across the country were established with great fanfare.  No less today for the GAR sundial here in Hamilton.  Enjoy this moment in time and may the sundial last another 100 years.”