Posts published in “General Interest”

Evening Taps during Covid-19

By Tapsbugler on April 21, 2020

The Martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln

By Tapsbugler on April 15, 2020

From the America Studies at the University of Virginia It is interesting to note that on Easter Sunday in 1865, the martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln…

The Sound of a Trumpet

By Tapsbugler on April 11, 2020

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

By Tapsbugler on April 3, 2020

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…

Hail to the Chief

By Tapsbugler on March 30, 2020

What is the piece of music played each time the President is announced? Where did that tune originate? “Hail To The Chief” Arranged by Jari…

Boy Scouts of America March by Sousa

By Tapsbugler on March 26, 2020

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MARCH BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA Sousa wrote this march for the Boy Scouts of America after a request from Dr.…

Military Funeral Honors in the time of COVID-19

By Tapsbugler on March 22, 2020

Some information on Military Funerals Honors and news stories. Below is the directive from the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding Military Funeral Honors NEW PROCEDURES…

What is Taps?

By Tapsbugler on March 20, 2020

WHAT IS TAPS? Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to evoke emotion than the twenty-four notes that…