A New Stanton bugler who has played at military funerals since he was in the eighth grade is set to play Taps Saturday at the Soldiers Monument in the Gettysburg National Cemetery as part of “100 ...

Richard Grogan slipped on white gloves before lifting his bugle from its case. Built to the 74-year-old Army reservist and Navy veteran’s liking, the 4-year-old brass instrument has been Grogan’s ...

Washington State Veterans Cemetery, 21702 E. Espanola Road in Medical Lake, is hosting a Memorial Day event at 11 a.m. Monday. Prelude music begins at 10:30 a.m. Visitors are encouraged to arrive ...

John Schmitt is a bugle boy, though there’s no boogie woogie in his repertoire. Schmitt, of Baltimore, is a bugler for the state of Maryland who has sounded taps at some 2,000 funerals. He’s also one ...

"Taps" dates back to 1862 and originally was played to signal lights out. By 1891%2C "Taps" was a standard part of U.S. military funerals "Taps" has no official lyrics%2C but one of the most popular ...

On Friday, the last full-time U.S. Navy bugler will once again play taps aboard the battleship USS New Jersey. Bertrand Trottier Jr., of San Bernardino, is the featured speaker for the battleship’s ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — During wreath laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Master Sgt. Matthew Byrne marches out to the Tomb, brings his bugle to his lips and ...

Piecing her bugle together as she ran, Bonny Brown zipped through the Arlington Park tunnel 50 feet ahead of the horses and a few minutes before the start of Friday's first race. "The traffic was ...

SPOKANE — Taps is 24 notes that can make the toughest soldier cry. It’s a musical recognition of a life ended, a goodbye that hangs in the air as friends and family wipe their tears, look up and know ...