Talk:Sylvanus Thayer

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: The burial question not addressed; article doesn't say whether he was married, or whether he had children; doesn't say anything about his long term as Superintendent, what made it important, what made him the Father of the Military Academy (which after all was already founded); doesn't address the 30 years of his military career from 1833 to 1863. Bill 11:33, 24 May 2007 (UTC) (edit)

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Help with this template Comments: Thayer/Comments|action=edit}} edit – Thayer/Comments|action=history}} history – Thayer/Comments|action=watch}} watch – Thayer|action=purge}} refresh The burial question not addressed; article doesn't say whether he was married, or whether he had children; doesn't say anything about his long term as Superintendent, what made it important, what made him the Father of the Military Academy (which after all was already founded); doesn't address the 30 years of his military career from 1833 to 1863. Bill 11:33, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reinterment

What is the source for the statement of reinterment in 1877? According to West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition (New York, 2002), Thayer was interred at West Point in November 1872, during which the entire cadet corps, for the only time in history, fired a volley over his grave.

The source of this article, save the Thayer Academy stuff that's shoehorned in, was an article in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, not available online. Stevesliva 19:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

According to Sylvanus Thayer: A Biography by James William Kershner p. 335 (accessed via Google Books), originally presented as an 1975 PhD Thesis and therefore given some weight: 8 November 1877, Thayer was buried in the post cemetery with many honors (and a great many details). BusterD 16:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)