The Pentagon, I read in the paper, is experimenting with a self-playing bugle. This will enable ... to Nature Themes in the History of Western Art, performing Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral ...

Have you ever wondered why you hear a bugle playing taps every evening on Army bases around the world? Playing taps is a tradition going back to the Civil War when the tune was first heard at ...

So, the Defense Department worked with private industry to invent the “ceremonial bugle,” which has a small digital recording device inserted into its bell to play the music. A member of the ...

Like clockwork, the bugle sounds in the early a.m. playing a vigorous reveille. He springs from his bed, goes into his morning routine and preps for the events of the day. Bugle calls date back ...

Maj. Woody English, who plays the bugle in the Army Band and is charged with the responsibility of playing "Taps." English talks about the origins of the song during the Civil War, as well as the ...

As the sun begins to set, the melancholy sound of a bugler playing "Taps" echoes off the old brick buildings on the town square in Martinsville, Indiana. A small crowd, mostly comprised of ...

"We enhanced the capability of that current system to accommodate playing the bugle calls," Griffin said. She explained that the bugle calls are only being added to the outdoor poles, meaning that ...

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The Last Post, one of the most traditional military sounds, is going high-tech with a press-of-the-button electronic version of the bugle to play the stirring ceremonial call.