Baseball and The Star-Spangled-Banner It is performed at the start of every professional sports contest. Played by instrumentalists or sung by vocalists, it has become…
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Robert Ripley and the Star-Spangled Banner
By Tapsbugler on March 3, 2022
How one man influenced the way we look at “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “Taps” Most Americans of a certain age will recognize “Ripley’s Believe or…
Retreat and To The Color
By Tapsbugler on June 12, 2020
Retreat is a daily ceremony held at all military installations as the national flag is lowered at the end of the day. The ceremony of…
A Star-Spangled Bibliography
By Tapsbugler on September 14, 2017
A Star-Spangled Bibliography by William Lichtenwanger Relevance, anyone? Change? Concern for the “now” world of music in the United States? “Deep forays” out of the…
Ode To The Star-Spangled Banner
By Tapsbugler on September 13, 2016
“Ode To The Star-Spangled Banner”Recreating a long lost piece of musical history By Jari Villanueva“By Dawn’s Early Light” In September, 2014 the nation celebrated and…