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Echo Taps

ECHO TAPS Echo Taps is a custom of sounding the call with two buglers standing at some distance apart to achieve an echo effect. Although…

THE EXPERIENCES OF A BANDMASTER

THE EXPERIENCES OF A BANDMASTER By John Philip Sousa During eighteen years spent in playing music for the masses, twelve years in the service of…

Funeral of President Kennedy

Photos from the funeral of John F. Kennedy. https://tapsbugler.smugmug.com/Military/Funeral-of-President-John-F/i-DcdbCtN On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while on a trip in Dallas, Texas.…

Manual of the Bugle

MANUAL OF THE BUGLE BUGLER POSITIONS FOR SOUNDING A CALL Figure 1. PARADE REST (AT EASE). Feet apart relaxed position without locking knees. Bugler cradles…

National Song of Remembrance

TAPS OUR NATIONAL SONG OF MILITARY REMEMBRANCE Through the efforts of Jari Villanueva, Les Hampton and TAPS 150, we were able to push through the…

Taps as our National Song of Remembrance

The few words of the Gettysburg Address changed the course of our nation. The few notes of Taps express a Nations thanks and gratitude for…

Taps Hoax Blown

BUGLE HOAX BLOWN, BUT NOT BEFORE CAPTURING HEARTS Anchorage Daily News Copyright (c) 1993, Anchorage Daily News TOM KIZZIA Daily News reporter On the morning…

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