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THE LETTER

THE LETTER A 9-year old’s letter to a US Army Bugler in 1963. Several days after the state funeral for President John F. Kennedy on…

THE COURAGE OF SAM BIRD

READER’S DIGEST, May, 1989 “I didn’t learn about leadership and the strength of character it requires from an Ivy League graduate course. I learned by…

BUGLES AND SCOUTING

BUGLES AND SCOUTING by BRUCE MCCREA BUGLES AND SCOUTING BRUCE MCCREA Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of World Scouting, introduced the idea of Boy Scouting to…

Ode To The Star-Spangled Banner

“Ode To The Star-Spangled Banner”Recreating a long lost piece of musical history By Jari Villanueva“By Dawn’s Early Light” In September, 2014 the nation celebrated and…

Echo Taps

ECHO TAPS Echo Taps is a custom of sounding the call with two buglers standing at some distance apart to achieve an echo effect. Although…

Taps History on NPR

Taps History on NPR http://www.npr.org/2011/05/30/136721508/historian-explains-the-origin-of-taps

Digital Taps for Clark Terry?

NO LIVE BUGLER FOR CLARK TERRY I was informed that at the funeral for the great trumpeter, Clark Terry, the US Navy provided military funeral…

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