The US Marine Band at Gettysburg In anticipation of the dedication of the new cemetery in Gettysburg to be held in November 1863, Secretary…
Posts published in “History of the Bugle”
Wearing a Poppy
By Tapsbugler on October 27, 2018
Why do we wear poppies? The reason poppies are used to remember those who have given their lives in battle is because they are the…
Last Post at the Menin Gate
By Tapsbugler on October 26, 2018
From THE GREAT WAR http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose…
William Carson Medal of Honor Bugler
By Tapsbugler on October 19, 2018
William J. Carson was one of about twenty Civil War Musicians to receive the Medal of Honor. He is the only musician ever to receive…
Leo Foster WWI Bugler
By Tapsbugler on October 17, 2018
Remembering forgotten veterans of World War I By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nov 2014 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/11/us/remembering-wwi-veterans/?cid=homepage-ob-gc&iref=obnetwork Foster, far right, with his fellow buglers. (CNN) — In…
Sounds of Remembrance
By Tapsbugler on October 11, 2018
Sounds of Remembrance On November 11, 1918 World War I came to and end with the Armistice that took effect at 11 am. Thus was…
When the Moment Came, He Was Ready!
By Tapsbugler on September 11, 2018
The Story of Firefighter Julius Pontecorvo By Douglas HedwigOriginally published in The New York Brass Conference, 2002 Journal During the weeks and months which have…
Hitting the High Notes
By Tapsbugler on September 2, 2018
Hitting the High Notes…For Those that say I have one of the worst Jobs. My preparation is always the same. My instrument is so highly…
