Of all the memories veterans recalled of their Civil War experience, countless reminiscences of music can be found in thousands of letters and journals of…
Taps is the name of the final call of the evening in the United States military. Learn more about the history and meaning of Taps in this article.
James Jones, wrote about Taps in his novel that takes place in Pearl Harbor, “From Here To Eternity”: He looked at his watch and as…
Allen Bodenlos Bugle Master Allen Bodenlos was born August 13, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from High school in 1940. While in HS, he…
THE LETTER A 9-year old’s letter to a US Army Bugler in 1963. Several days after the state funeral for President John F. Kennedy on…
READER’S DIGEST, May, 1989 “I didn’t learn about leadership and the strength of character it requires from an Ivy League graduate course. I learned by…
Learning to play the bugle. How do I start? Where do I get a bugle? Every week I receive an email from someone who is…
An excerpt from Thirty Years After: An Artist’s Memoir of the Civil War By Edwin Forbes Edwin Austin Forbes (1839 – March 6, 1895) was…
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