Arlington National Cemetery and Memorial Day.Traditions Born in Irony. On any weekday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, a military ritual occurs that is both…
Posts published in “Bugle Stories”
Interview with Jari Villanueva: Federal City Brass Band and the History of Taps
Podcast by the early American Brass BandThey produce a weekly podcast on subjects pertaining to the brass band movement of the 19th century in the…
The Scott Tattoo
The 1835 Tattoo or Scott Tattoo is the bugle signal that predates the call of Taps. It is important in the evolution of Taps in…
Evening Taps during Covid-19
by Jari Villanueva Taps Bugler ©2020 I have noticed some news stories about people sounding Taps each evening in their neighborhoods. Buglers and trumpeters are…
ANZAC DAY 2020
ISOLATED BUT UNITED LEST WE FORGET A Taps For Veterans Event JOIN THE FB EVENT AT: https://www.facebook.com/events/242460860468212/ Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance…
The Sound of a Trumpet
The Sound of a Trumpetfrom “It is Written” By Cecil J. Blay It was only the other day that I found myself doing it again…
The Greatest Game In The World by John Philip Sousa
From-“The Greatest Game in the World” by John Philip Sousa, Baseball Magazine, Vol II, Nr 4, February, 1909 America’s March King, John Philip Sousa, was…
Boy Scouts of America March by Sousa
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MARCH BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA Sousa wrote this march for the Boy Scouts of America after a request from Dr.…


