Let’s get real. What Memorial Day means to most people is a three-day weekend. There’s nothing wrong with that. It makes good sense to make it the last Monday in May instead of May 30. God bless the ...

Today we know taps as the solemn melody played by buglers at our military funerals. But that's not how the simple, 24-note tune got its start. The origin of taps is a little fuzzy, but there's one ...

Jonathan W. Pierce I am always amazed at the relationship between sound and memory. Much like the old science experiment between Pavlov and his dog (does that ring a bell?), the influence of sound ...

Every morning before work, and before sunrise, David Dodson sits in his car, garage door closed, and practices playing his trumpet for 30 minutes. He always finishes with taps — a chilling, 24-note ...

Somber but lilting, the music of taps echoes through the rolling hills of the Washington Crossing National Cemetery on weekdays as a bugler honors a current or former member of the armed forces being ...

At its heart, the military bugle call taps is a tune of comfort. Even when sounded at the most solemn time — the funeral of a fallen soldier or sailor — it’s meant to assure: The day is done, it’s ...

(WSPA) – Taps Across America enlisted buglers and trumpeters to participate in their event Monday honoring fallen soldiers. Taps Across America said Sound Taps promote recognition to fallen soldiers ...