This M1892 Bugle was made by the Getzen Company. The Getzen Company is an American family-owned manufacturer of high-quality brass instruments based in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.…
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March 30 is National Pencil Day. In the grand museum of human achievement, the pencil sits quietly in the corner, unsharpened, waiting patiently to be…
Taps is the name of the final call of the evening in the United States military. Learn more about the history and meaning of Taps in this article.
The Worldwide Tradition of the Evening Call Each evening at 5 p.m. in Washington, D.C., a lone bugler dressed in a World War I U.S. …
Charlie Hughes: The Baxter Bugler By Jari Villanueva © 2026 TapsBugler At the National WWI Memorial in Washington, DC, Taps is sounded every evening at…
Learning to play the bugle. How do I start? Where do I get a bugle? Every week I receive an email from someone interested in…
WISH TO HONOR A VETERAN? Honor a beloved veteran with a special tribute of ‘Taps’ at the National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C. Those beautiful,…
It was the words that froze the NASA flight controllers in their seats, “Fire!, we’ve got a fire in the cockpit.” On January 27, 1967,…
