By spring, 1864 the US government was running out of room in cemeteries to hold the dead who were dying at high rate. In May…
Posts published in “General Interest”
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…
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…
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…
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…
