‘Taps’ was made an official bugle call after the war.” Villanueva is so certain that the ‘Taps’ myth is a falsehood that he has a standing offer on his website to give anyone who can prove otherwise a ...

At the National World War I Memorial, the organization that was formed to honor veterans marked a milestone Wednesday afternoon. Every day since the memorial first opened back in 2021, a bugler has ...

Korean War veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr., 90 of Dover plays Taps on his vintage bugle at veterans funerals which he considers a more fitting tribute than a record version that honor guards usually ...

MANKATO — A bugler will play in honor of fallen soldiers 3 p.m. today at Fleet Farm, 1850 Premier Drive. The Mankato store is among several Fleet Farm stores partnering with Taps for Veterans for the ...

This is in reply to an op-ed piece (written by John Andersen and published in the Aug. 13 Herald) criticizing the use of a mechanical bugle at funerals. The Chippewa Falls Patriotic Council was formed ...

It woke them up and put them to bed. In between, it called them to assembly, to morning drills and to the mess hall. Years ago, the toot-toot-toot-a-toot of the bugle was as familiar on military bases ...

If anyone doubts that fame can be fleeting, The Scrapbook recommends the January 31 edition of the New York Times where, on page A17, may be found an obituary for Patty Andrews, the last surviving ...

Playing taps on a boombox at a military funeral is just not the same as having someone in a dress uniform stand at attention and blow into a brass bugle. That's why S&D Consulting, based in New York ...