Talk:Westwood, Massachusetts

At the moment, the text references the Islington train station under the transportation section, but makes no mention of Islington anywhere else. As Islington does not have its own article and is a region in Westwood (located in the downtown area), should it have its own section in the article or at least a few sentences introducing it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salehi.s (talk • contribs) 17:28, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

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)

There are some photos of Robert Steele's headstone here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkeleher/155831687/

Under the demographic page it uses 2000 census data referring to the town population were the describtion uses 2010 data. The demographic page could use an update on that information as well at the description section as well. Now that it is 2018 the data could get a full scale update as I assume new data has been updated. If there is new data available I find it fitting to use that. It may also be interesting to the reader to provide information about the towns improvements as of late. The town of Westwood has recently built multiple multi million dollar buildings such as a new library, fire station, and police station. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smcmanus56 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Best resource for Westwood history is Fenerty, West Dedham and Westwood, 300 Years, available at the Town Library and through the Westwood Historical Society http://www.westwoodhistoricalsociety.com/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by DaveAtkins (talk • contribs) 20:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC)