Talk:Westwood, Massachusetts

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Is there any clarification on who is the 14 year old drummer boy mentioned in the trivia section: "A 14 year-old drummer boy who was killed in the American Revolutionary War is buried in the old Westwood Cemetery on Route 109." I thought this was a reference to Robert Steele, who (according to information listed elsewhere on this page) was 15 at the time he joined, and apparently lived well beyond the Revolutionary War. Are they the same person? If not, does anyone have the name or some more background information on the drummer boy? Zanshin 06:15, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

I suspect you are right in this matter. Robert Steele is the only drummer boy buried in Westwood I've found any corroborating sources for. You're also correct that he lived to be 71-years-old, and he did not remain a drummer boy; he eventually became a Major. I'll change the Trivia fact pending some evidence of a second drummer boy in Old Westwood Cemetery. CDrecche 01:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)