Clark Simcoe’s grandfather was a Navy aviator in World War II. Five years ago, when a military guard laid the old vet to rest, the bugler’s performance of “Taps” was flawless—and for good reason: The ...

EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LEBANON COUNTY, P.A. --- "Taps" is a remembrance song Navy veteran and trained bugler David Drayer knows well. "Every one I play...I've played, like I say, thousands, is special ...

The day President John F. Kennedy was buried, Sergeant Keith Clark — the Army bugler playing “Taps” — made a single mistake some refer to as the “broken note” that reflected the sad feelings of the ...

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 ...

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 ...