An 88-year-old Spokane man played Taps for the final time this March after 25 years of performing at servicemember burials at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery.
Sam the Bugler was missing at Saratoga Race Course Sunday. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The man who plays the call to the post before each race at the Spa was not on the job for the ...
WASHINGTON — From the hillside gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery, Army Sergeant Keith Clark could see President John F. Kennedy’s vast funeral cortege crossing Memorial Bridge toward him. He ...
The playing of Taps on a bugle is perhaps one of the most recognized pieces of music, but at many veterans funerals, mourners usually hear a recording. Korean War veteran Mike Del Vecchio Sr., of ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS — They have waited in line by the thousands these past three years, for Jerry Bailey, Edgar Prado and John Velazquez. Outside the gates of Saratoga Race Course today, they will stand ...
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Sam “The Bugler” Grossman may have blown it for the 144th Travers Stakes with his drunken driving charge Saturday, but racing officials say he was calling to the post at Saratoga ...
On Friday, the last full-time U.S. Navy bugler will once again play taps aboard the battleship USS New Jersey. Bertrand Trottier Jr., of San Bernardino, is the featured speaker for the battleship’s ...