OLIVER WILLCOX NORTON AND SHERMAN NEW YORKBy Jari Villanueva Oliver Willcox Norton (1839-1920) is best remembered as the first bugler to sound Taps. After the…
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Bugler Cartoon Postcards
Postcards from the collection of Jari Villanueva
Baseball and The Star-Spangled-Banner
Baseball and The Star-Spangled-Banner It is performed at the start of every professional sports contest. Played by instrumentalists or sung by vocalists, it has become…
TAPS ACROSS AMERICA
The 4th Annual sounding of Taps during the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day at 3 p.m. TAPS ACROSS AMERICA 2023 Registration is open…
Taps Vs. Last Post
Taps Vs. The Last PostA look at two iconic bugle calls Of all the bugle signals sounded in the world, the two that stand out…
Taps 25th Anniversary Special Edition DVD released on September 12, 2006
I was honored to take part in the 25th anniversary re-release in 2006 A re-release of the 1981 film with George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton,…
Berkeley Plantation and Taps
A short history of Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, VA and the origin of the bugle call Taps. Berkeley is the birthplace of Taps. www.BerkeleyPlantation.com
Taps at the National World War I Memorial
https://www.tapsbugler.com/wwi-memorial-taps/ Taps For Veterans is honored to announce that we have been asked to coordinate buglers to sound Taps each day at 5 pm at…






