With the success with pTrumpet and pTrombone Warick Music has introduced the pBugle It is designed to be inexpensive and easy enough for any child…
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Funeral services of great importance evolved as customs (from what is known about early Christian mourning) in the 6th century. Certain traditions and rites associated…
Absence of Evidence – A StoryBy Tom Mannle, Gloucester, MA © 2020 Tom Mannle Mentioned in Dispatches On 11 July 1862, Union Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield…
Even though he was off by two days John Adams predicted what the day would become:“The second day of July, 1776, will be the most…
A lot of what we know about the Battle of Little Round Top (July 2, 1863) comes from the novel “Killer Angels” and the movie…
To The Color is sounded today as a salute to the National colors. The earliest notation of the modern call appears in the 1874 U.S.…
What is the fanfare that is played before the president, a general or other high ranking official arrives?
Ruffles and Flourishes are sounded to render military honors and precede prescribed music for persons being honored.
