The Drummer Boy - Bloomfield, CT - Spirit of '76 on Waymarking.com

The Drummer Boy is a 8' by 6' by 6.33' bronze figure of a Revolutionary War drummer sculpted by Wolfgang Behl and dedicated on July 5, 1976. It was a bicentennial project of the citizens of Bloomfield and part of a larger nationwide celebration commemorating the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

A standing male figure, wearing a ponytail, is dressed in Revolutionary War overcoat and boots. He is holding drumsticks in his hands, right above left, and playing a Revolutionary War drum, that was manufactured by the Brown Drum Company of Bloomfield, suspended from his shoulders. Two geese with outstretched necks, and one with outstretched wings, stand to the right side of the drummer. The trio are standing on a low fieldstone base which is surrounded by vegetation.

There are three plaques, one on the base and two on a rock on the grass to the west of the statue. The plaque on the base is inscribed:

On the grass there are two plaques, one over the other, affixed to a rock. The upper plaque is inscribed:

The lower plaque is inscribed:

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