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. An old copied-and-pasted rumor ...

Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans. I am proud to know many and understand their hearts and ...

"I have always had a great respect for those in the Armed Services, and it is surprising to me how people get the two main holidays for veterans mixed up." ...

PURVIS, Miss. (WDAM) - A 90-year-old Lamar County veteran has spent the last two decades honoring fellow veterans in a very special way. Since 2003, Howell Purvis has played live taps at 575 veteran ...

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 ...

BATH, N.Y. -- It began with three haunting notes from a teenage girl. A second bugler, about 100 yards down the road, picked up the tune. And then a third. More than 850 buglers, trumpeters and other ...