After parking, several family members recently climbed out of a big sport utility vehicle for a trip to the commissary. They had taken no more than 10 steps toward the front door when the Fort Knox ...

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 ...

Ripping a bugle and hearing a bull respond is an experience like no other. It’s why elk hunters climb mountains every September. But don’t expect your calls to work every time. If you’re trying to ...

The asp came back to bite him in the flag. The unhinged President of the United States, who reignited a dormant NFL flag controversy to divert attention away from the chaos and tragedy of his ...

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 ...

Gene Horner held his bugle in folded hands, but kept its mouthpiece in his pocket as he stood in Fort Richardson National Cemetery on a misty fall day. He knew there would be no opportunity to warm it ...

Somber but lilting, the music of taps echoes through the rolling hills of the Washington Crossing National Cemetery on weekdays as a bugler honors a current or former member of the armed forces being ...