I never knew.. DID YOU? If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps was played; this brings out a new meaning of it. Here is something Every American should know. We in the United ...

For the third year in a row, CBS is marking Memorial Day by inviting musicians of all abilities and ages across the country to honor our fallen soldiers by playing Taps during the National Moment of ...

Daniel Butterfield could not read or write music, but he knew what he liked. A brigadier general in the Union Army who would go on to receive the Medal of Honor in 1892 for gallantry during the Civil ...

TAPS Gold Star Advocacy Week and Congressional Reception, September 25th - 29th, 2023. Behind each devastating death in the military community is a family left to grieve an immense loss. Standing ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The 24 notes of Taps, so familiar to the ear, are melodic yet solemn in their simplicity. Stewart Boone, a 98-year-old bugler, does not need sheet music anymore. The veteran 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 ...