Gene Horner spent much of his life honoring veterans with his bugle at countless Alaska memorial and burial ceremonies. On Tuesday, it was Horner who was honored, as another bugler sounded taps and ...

(In the southeast corner of the 2,000-acre Sakura Park in New York City stands a bronze statue of Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield, a Civil War hero born and raised in Utica. It was sculpted by Gutzon ...

The solemn U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated with a Union Army father finding the melody written on paper in the pocket of his deceased Confederate soldier son. Rating: False (About this ...

The first veteran to be buried on a cloudless day at Washington Crossing National Cemetery was Alan Clark. Jim McDevitt, 84, in uniform, readied his bugle, a polished silver-toned instrument, a ...

The bugler stands at attention, places the brass horn to his lips, and the bell resonates the sound of ``Taps'' over solemn tombstones, its notes haunting, clear and sharp. It's a dignified and ...

Korean War veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr., 90 of Dover plays Taps on his vintage bugle at veterans funerals which he considers a more fitting tribute than a record version that honor guards usually ...

WASHINGTON — Every day a lone bugler stands at the World War I Memorial across the plaza from a statue of Army Gen. John Pershing. The bugler salutes the American flag, lifts a simple brass instrument ...

COLUMBUS — The passing of her father prompted Jill Goedeken to taking part in ceremonies honoring other fallen veterans. When her dad died in 2001, Goedeken and her sister, Jan Went, gave tribute to ...

The playing of Taps on a bugle is perhaps one of the most recognized pieces of music, but at many veterans funerals, mourners usually hear a recording. Korean War veteran Mike Del Vecchio Sr., of ...

Sgt. Major Woodrow "Woody" English is a bugler with the U.S. Army Band. He played "Taps" at the Memorial Service this summer for President Ronald Reagan. Fred talks with English about the bugler's own ...