A Clarence, Missouri man has been spending his retirement honoring fallen soldiers through his musical talent.

Korean War veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr., 90 of Dover plays Taps on his vintage bugle at veterans funerals which he considers a more fitting tribute than a record version that honor guards usually ...

Decades ago, the U.S. Defense Department provided riflemen and a live bugler for the funerals of American service veterans. In recent years, the Pentagon's abi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first veteran to be buried on a cloudless day at Washington Crossing National Cemetery was Alan Clark. Jim McDevitt, 84, in ...

On Memorial Day, trumpet player Jeff Farmer arrived at Saint Helena Public Cemetery and sounded taps at 3 p.m. For saxophone player Janette Beebe, she played the military bugle call in front of her ...

Taps—the American bugle call that today is played solemnly at memorials and soldiers' funerals—has a fascinating history. In today's Wall Street Journal (or online here), I write about why the 24-note ...