Perhaps the most poignant and distinctive melody ever composed is the one that marks the close of day at American military bases and is played at military funerals and memorial observances. The ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — The bugle possesses a rich military history older than the United States of America. Since long before radios, satellites and the internet, bugles have been an instrument used ...

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska (September 21, 2012) Fort Wainwright and surrounding communities may have noticed recently that traditional U.S. Army bugle calls are now audible throughout the day starting at ...

JACKSONVILLE — Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to render emotion than “Taps.” Across the United States today, services are being held to honor the courageous ...

(In the southeast corner of the 2,000-acre Sakura Park in New York City stands a bronze statue of Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield, a Civil War hero born and raised in Utica. It was sculpted by Gutzon ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — There is no sound more synonymous with Saratoga Race Course than the 34-note “Call to the Post.” This iconic bugle call signifies to fans throughout the track grounds that the ...