BATH, N.Y. -- It began with three haunting notes from a teenage girl. A second bugler, about 100 yards down the road, picked up the tune. And then a third. More than 850 buglers, trumpeters and other ...
Just about every day, John Hersh plays taps. He consults with an Amazon Alexa to find the perfect sunset time, then takes his bugle to the rooftop deck of his home on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island to ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first veteran to be buried on a cloudless day at Washington Crossing National Cemetery was Alan Clark. Jim McDevitt, 84, in ...
Gene Horner spent much of his life honoring veterans with his bugle at countless Alaska memorial and burial ceremonies. On Tuesday, it was Horner who was honored, as another bugler sounded taps and ...
“I feel like it’s my way of giving back...Anytime I’m asked to do it, I will gladly do it." IBERIA PARISH (NEW IBERIA) — From a tune that signals lights-out, to a military funeral hymn, 'Taps' holds a ...
John Schmitt is a bugle boy, though there’s no boogie woogie in his repertoire. Schmitt, of Baltimore, is a bugler for the state of Maryland who has sounded taps at some 2,000 funerals. He’s also one ...
The Rangers are in Florida tomorrow night for a game against the defending champion Panthers. Now, my Class of Ranger Fans students, please give me the first words that comes to mind? Okay, try these ...
Twelve days after the Missouri National Guard announced it would no longer pay for buglers to play taps at military funerals, Gov. Matt Blunt stepped in and directed the Guard to use buglers when ...
GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- The Korean War veteran known for playing "Taps" on the Galveston strand has died. Guy Taylor, 83, would end every day by going to his balcony on the Galveston strand and play ...
As a former trumpet player with the U.S. Army, retired Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Rich is deeply familiar with the bugle call ...