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Cruising For A Cause

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Taps Bugler is honored to announce we are taking part in a great event to raise money for two worthy charities!

Cruising For A Cause

To honor and give thanks to the courageous men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, Princess Cruises is launching our first fundraising sailing which is expected to generate $1 million for two charities committed to U.S. veterans — the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc. and Operation Homefront Inc. Princess President and CEO Alan Buckelew, a Vietnam veteran himself, will be on [...]

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The Miles Standish Wooden Bugle

Saturday, March 9th, 2013

Many years ago this cartoon was clipped out and sent to me by a good friend Edie. She knew of my love of bugles and bugle history and I got a chuckle when I saw it. A Pilgrim blowing a horn frightening the Native -Americans. Filed away for many years it sparked my memory when I came across a reference to a wooden bugle carried by Miles Standish and then the discovery of a photo post card which I purchased.
Perhaps [...]

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The trumpet of the Lord

Saturday, February 16th, 2013

Lord of our lives, our hope in death, we cannot listen to Taps without our souls stirring. Its plaintive notes are a prayer in music–of hope, of peace, of grief, of rest… Prepare us too, Lord, for our final bugle call when you summon us home! When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and death will be no more.-
From the invocation delivered by Chaplain (Colonel) Edward Brogan (USAF, Ret.) at the Taps Exhibit Opening Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, [...]

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Patton and the power of the bugle

Monday, January 7th, 2013

 Patton and the Power of the Bugle

 Every evening, Gen. Patton arranged a type of communication which united all soldiers. This “communication” united us with the soldiers of history! Gen. Patton had buglers blow Taps! Every unit down to a company of two hundred men had their own bugler. With over twenty thousand men sleeping on the ground over a thirty-mil strip of the desert valley, we had a hundred buglers.

 

A bugle for communication during the day [...]

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National Song of Remembrance

Friday, December 28th, 2012

TAPS
OUR NATIONAL SONG OF REMEMBRANCE
Through the efforts of Jari Villanueva, Les Hampton and TAPS 150, we were able to push through the bill to have Taps finally recognized on the national level. This effort was started almost three years ago and we are thankful to Rep. Tom Reed of NY for introducing the House Resolution. Although not exactly what we wanted we are grateful for the outcome.

The bugle call Taps has, for 150 years, held a special place in our [...]

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