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
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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…
https://www.tapsbugler.com/wwi-memorial-taps/ Taps For Veterans is honored to announce that we have been asked to coordinate buglers to sound Taps each day at 5 pm at…
A LOOK AT HOW THE ICONIC MELODY FROM THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY BECAME A BAND ARRANGEMENT Goin’ Home Navy Chief Petty Officer Graham Jackson plays…
The question on the Feb 22, 2021 episode of Jeopardy had the question: “Just 24 notes, this piece is nicknamed “Butterfield’s Lullaby” for the US…
We see the soldiers of the 3rd US Infantry (The Old Guard) guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in videos…
March 3, 2021 marks the 90th anniversary of “The Star-Spangled Banner’s” adoption as our national anthem, thanks in large part to John Charles Linthicum, a…
Robert Russell Bennett, Richard Rodgers, and “Victory at Sea” By George J. Ferencz (Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981) was an…
