It has been custom, when welcoming a visitor of high profile, that musical honors are paid to the person’s rank or status and to the…
Posts published in “General Interest”
This is the hollywood re-creation of a scene that happened at Pearl Harbor. Ship musicians of the USS Nevada were playing the “Star Spangled Banner”…
The Menace of Mechanical MusicJohn Philip Sousa Originally published in Appleton’s Magazine, Vol. 8 (1906), pp. 278-284. SWEEPING across the country with the speed of…
Are you waiting for that lightning bolt? One of my favorite sayings is “A lightning bolt will come down from the heavens” This is a…
HONORING THE DOUGHBOYSTAPS AT THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL Taps is sounded each day at 5 pm at the New National World War I…
A short history of Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, VA and the origin of the bugle call Taps. Berkeley is the birthplace of Taps. www.BerkeleyPlantation.com
The Photo at the RFK FuneralRobert F. Kennedy Funeral TrainJune 8, 1968 There is a photo I’m quite fond of. It was taken from the…
TAPS ON A FLUTE? The bugle call of Taps was originally created to replace the regulation call for lights out and remained in the Army…
