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A Morning Call by Edwin Forbes

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…

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…

22 Notes 22 Lives

22 Notes 22 Lives The number 22 is often cited with regard to our military veterans. It is said to be the average number of…

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…

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…

When Taps is Blown for Me

WHEN TAPS IS BLOWN FOR ME Author Unknown When my last hitch is ended,And this weary, time-worn clayIs shrouded with Old GloryAnd forever laid away,Will…

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