WASHINGTON — Every day a lone bugler stands at the World War I Memorial across the plaza from a statue of Army Gen. John Pershing. The bugler salutes the American flag, lifts a simple brass instrument ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Six 14-year-old Scouts from Troop 600 paid respects to a fallen military service member, who died at their age, during the Revolutionary War in Guilford County. On Memorial Day, the ...

With the nearly night sky at his back, Everett’s Kevin McKay raised a plastic cup for a toast — “So here’s to hope” — then brought the horn to his lips. And like he’s done every evening for a year, ...

Bryson Held is the only bugler on Pensacola Naval Air Station, and he's also an increasingly rare breed at military funerals and commemorations such as those on Memorial Day. When Held plays the ...

JACKSONVILLE — Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to render emotion than “Taps.” Across the United States today, services are being held to honor the courageous ...

As the sun begins to set, the melancholy sound of a bugler playing "Taps" echoes off the old brick buildings on the town square in Martinsville, Indiana. A small crowd, mostly comprised of veterans ...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – There are few tunes more recognizable than the solemn song that brings a close to a military funeral. Taps is only 24 notes, but the brief melody is sure to stir emotion as its ...

Perhaps the most poignant and distinctive melody ever composed is the one that marks the close of day at American military bases and is played at military funerals and memorial observances. The ...

BERKELEY PLANTATION, Va. (June 29, 2012) -- In early July of 1862, elements of Gen. George McClellan's Army of the Potomac recovered in defeat at Harrison's Landing after failing to take the ...

A U.S Army bugler plays taps during a funeral service at Arlington National Cemetery in this file photo. PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS File photo It’s a familiar yet haunting melody. Twenty-four notes. A ...