May 22—Gene Horner spent much of his life honoring veterans with his bugle at countless Alaska memorial and burial ceremonies. On Tuesday, it was Horner who was honored, as another bugler sounded taps ...

AFTER darkness has fallen on these autumn nights, the bugler’s call is more evident. The wind must be just right, but the sound of “Taps” is eerily clear floating across the Mississippi River. For ...

A soldier's day once was regulated by bugle calls. "Answer the bugle call" came to describe citizens responding to a national threat. President John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do ...

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 ...

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Every evening at 5 p.m. the sound of the bugle playing the "Retreat" song, followed by "To the Colors" rings out across Army installations. The community grows silent and turns ...