Posts published in “General Interest”

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…

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…

Last Days of John Philip Sousa

By Tapsbugler on March 5, 2020

The Last Days of John Philip Sousa On February 22nd, 1932, John Philip Sousa conducted the combined musicians of the The United States Army Band, United States Navy Bandand “The…

Lyrics or Words to Taps

By Tapsbugler on January 11, 2020

The Taps Lyrics here including variations and history of the words to Taps.

Oliver Willcox Norton

By Tapsbugler on December 17, 2019

Who was the bugler who first sounded the call of Taps? When did it happen? What did he do after his time in the Army?…