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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…

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…

Norton-A Civil War Opera

An Opera based on the life of Oliver Willcox Norton, the first bugler to sound Taps. Commissioned by Loudoun Lyric Opera Company in honor of…

Letter from Keith Clark

Letter from Keith Clark to Jari Villanueva 1992 Click on letter for full text

Funeral of President Kennedy

Photos from the funeral of John F. Kennedy. https://tapsbugler.smugmug.com/Military/Funeral-of-President-John-F/i-DcdbCtN On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while on a trip in Dallas, Texas.…

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