The solemn U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated with a Union Army father finding the melody written on paper in the pocket of his deceased Confederate soldier son. Rating: False (About this ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Thousands gathered at the historic Gettysburg battlefields on Memorial Day to honor the brave men and women who have served the nation. The event marked the beginning of the "100 Nights of Taps," a ...

As a former trumpet player with the U.S. Army, retired Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Rich is deeply familiar with the bugle call ...

Bugler Master Sgt. Allen Moon performed at hundreds of military funerals. Bugler Campbell Whitford has volunteered to play the 21-note taps at more than 450 military funerals. Several Capital Region ...

This fall, World War II veteran Albert Madden, 92, from Hyannis, Mass., became one of the oldest buglers to play taps at Arlington National Cemetery. On Saturday, he'll play the song at the ...

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 ...