Posts published in “History of Taps”

An Introductory History of the Bugle From its Early Origins to the Present Day

By Tapsbugler on February 13, 2019

LOOKING FOR A LIVE BUGLER?CLICK HEREorContactwww.TapsFor Veterans.org We have a Patreon Page for your support of what TAPS BUGLER doeshttps://www.patreon.com/TapsBugler An Introductory History of the…

Articles and Manuals

By Tapsbugler on January 18, 2019

Articles about Taps and Bugle History The following are articles with great information on the history of Taps, bugles, trumpets and bugling. These have been…

Tribute to a Band Director

By Tapsbugler on November 28, 2018

Tribute to Clarence Wroblewski, Band Director at Patterson High School, Baltimore MD Clarence Wroblewski, former Band Director at Patterson High School passed away on November…

The US Marine Band at Gettysburg

By Tapsbugler on November 18, 2018

The US Marine Band at Gettysburg In anticipation of the dedication of the new cemetery in Gettysburg to be held in November 1863, Secretary…

Wearing a Poppy

By Tapsbugler on October 27, 2018

Why do we wear poppies? The reason poppies are used to remember those who have given their lives in battle is because they are the…

Last Post at the Menin Gate

By Tapsbugler on October 26, 2018

From THE GREAT WAR http://www.greatwar.co.uk/ The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose…

William Carson Medal of Honor Bugler

By Tapsbugler on October 19, 2018

William J. Carson was one of about twenty Civil War Musicians to receive the Medal of Honor. He is the only musician ever to receive…

Leo Foster WWI Bugler

By Tapsbugler on October 17, 2018

Remembering forgotten veterans of World War I By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nov 2014 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/11/us/remembering-wwi-veterans/?cid=homepage-ob-gc&iref=obnetwork Foster, far right, with his fellow buglers. (CNN) — In…