Korean War veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr., 90 of Dover plays Taps on his vintage bugle at veterans funerals which he considers a more fitting tribute than a record version that honor guards usually ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The solemn U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated with a Union Army father finding the melody written on paper in the pocket ...

Given the recent articles about honoring our heroes by playing Taps, I feel compelled to set the record straight. The photos accompanying these articles depict “buglers” holding instruments, ...

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 ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — An 88-year-old Spokane man played Taps for the final time this March after 25 years of performing at servicemember burials at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery. According to the ...