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Charlie Hughes The Baxter Bugler
Charlie Hughes: The Baxter Bugler By Jari Villanueva © 2020 TapsBugler The recent articles about persons playing Taps every night as tribute to veterans got…
The Bugler of Arlington
THE BUGLER OF ARLINGTON(author unknown) I am the bugler of ArlingtonBut this honor belongs not to one man alone.Today, I stand the watch.Yesterday in our…
TAPS FOR LEW SOLOFF
TAPS FOR LEW SOLOFF By Jari Villanueva Lew Soloff, US Army Photo courtesy of Laura Solomon-used by permission For military buglers in the United States,…
The Taps Myth
Almost every day when I check my e-mails, I get a message or two asking about or forwarding a story for my comment or enlightenment. It starts with, "Reportedly it all began during the Civil War…" and goes on to relate the story of Union Captain Ellicombe and how he finds his wounded Confederate son on a battlefield. The story is that the music of Taps is found in the pocket of the young man and that's how the call came into being. It is a heartwarming and poignant story, but false.
Oliver Willcox Norton
Who was the bugler who first sounded the call of Taps? When did it happen? What did he do after his time in the Army?…
Richard Fiske Marine Bugler at Pearl Harbor
Richard Fiske was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 26, 1922. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February 1940. Following Field Music…
December 7th Bugler
A bugle story for December 7th From “Day of Infamy” by Walter Lord“Then a plane swept by, [the barracks at Pearl Harbor] raking the line…