Bicycle Bugles and Bugling By Paul Schmidt This article was written for “The Wheelmen” who kindly granted permission to reprint. www.thewheelmen.org The bicycle bugle, along…
Posts published in “Taps in Recent History”
The extraordinary life and lasting military legacy of Oliver Willcox Norton
By Tapsbugler on February 6, 2018
Soldier, Author, Bugler The extraordinary life and lasting military legacy of Oliver Willcox Norton By Theodore J. Karle Published here with the kind permission of…
Keith Clark, Bugler at JFK’s Funeral
By Tapsbugler on November 20, 2017
Keith Clark would have turned 90 on November 21st. Here is some information on the bugler who sounded Taps at the funeral of President John…
What is Veterans Day?
By Tapsbugler on November 10, 2017
Some thoughts and suggestions for ways to honor our nation’s veterans While I applaud Americans who honor our nation’s military dead, I always wonder why…
Air Force Sergeant Traces Bugle’s History
By Tapsbugler on September 15, 2017
Air Force Sergeant Traces Bugle’s History By Rudi Williams American Forces Press Service ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 8, 2000 – Military buglers have been communicating with…
Performance Guidelines for Taps
By Tapsbugler on March 9, 2017
The Significance of Taps There are two pieces of music that particularly stir the hearts and emotions of Americans — The Star-Spangled Banner and Taps.…
THE LETTER
By Tapsbugler on November 25, 2016
THE LETTER A 9-year old’s letter to a US Army Bugler in 1963. Several days after the state funeral for President John F. Kennedy on…
Learning to play the Bugle
By Tapsbugler on November 15, 2016
Learning to play the bugle. How do I start? Where do I get a bugle? Every week I receive an email from someone who is…
