FORT BENNING, Ga., (Jan. 13 2016) -- Bugle calls have been an important tradition to the U.S. Army since its inception, dating back to pre-Revolutionary War times. Installations around the world use ...

At some homes and neighborhoods across the Williamsburg area, the celebrated and emotional bugle call of “Taps” was heard at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon as part of “Taps Across America,” a growing ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the memories of every Memorial Day will be memorialized Monday. “Taps,” the lilting bugle call that brings tears to our eyes, is 150 years old. It’s been played since 1862 on military posts to ...

Bugle calls have been an important tradition to the U.S. Army since its inception. As the U.S. Army developed, it standardized the use of these bugle calls for a disciplined lifestyle. The calls ...

It’s just 24 notes; not a full composition or even a song. It’s merely a bugle call. But this bugle call does more than move mountains; it moves souls. This 24-note bugle call, known as taps, is part ...