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22 Notes 22 Lives

By Tapsbugler on May 28, 2016

22 Notes 22 Lives The number 22 is often cited with regard to our military veterans. It is said to be the average number of…

Taps History on NPR

By Tapsbugler on June 28, 2015

Taps History on NPR http://www.npr.org/2011/05/30/136721508/historian-explains-the-origin-of-taps

Digital Taps for Clark Terry?

By Tapsbugler on March 2, 2015

NO LIVE BUGLER FOR CLARK TERRY I was informed that at the funeral for the great trumpeter, Clark Terry, the US Navy provided military funeral…

Star-Spangled Banner Events

By Tapsbugler on September 6, 2014

  This week will be an exciting one as I am involved with many events surrounding the 200th Anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner which was…

Norton-A Civil War Opera

By Tapsbugler on April 19, 2014

An Opera based on the life of Oliver Willcox Norton, the first bugler to sound Taps. Commissioned by Loudoun Lyric Opera Company in honor of…

2013 in Review

By Tapsbugler on January 3, 2014

  Happy 2014! Well, we ended last year’s holiday letter by saying we hoped 2013 wouldn’t be as busy as 2012, but if anything it…

Taps for Vince

By Tapsbugler on December 27, 2013

  TAPS FOR VINCE by Stan Mays Two men in stiff military uniforms impatiently waited in the hallway outside my seventh-grade band class. They alternately looked…

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