Though other stories of its origin persist, taps is likely a variation of an end-of-the-day bugle call that dates back to at least 1835. Jari Villanueva, former director of a taps exhibit at Arlington ...

Gene Horner spent much of his life honoring veterans with his bugle at countless Alaska memorial and burial ceremonies. On Tuesday, it was Horner who was honored, as another bugler sounded taps and ...

Defiance VFW Post 3360 has purchased a new electronic horn which allows honor guard members who are not musicians to sound taps at military funerals and graveside services. The instrument employs a ...

The military has used dozens of different bugle calls over the years to mark the time of day and to direct troop activities. Most of them are unfamiliar to the average person. However, it would be ...

This video is no longer available. 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 ...

(In the southeast corner of the 2,000-acre Sakura Park in New York City stands a bronze statue of Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield, a Civil War hero born and raised in Utica. It was sculpted by Gutzon ...

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 ...

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 ...