Editor's Note: This story originally ran in May of 2017. Last month Gary was named state director of Bugles Across America, an organization that finds volunteer buglers for the funerals of veterans.

The TAPS Academy has graduated students in Columbus, fostering relationships between young people and police through education on various issues like conflict resolution and gun safety.

Daniel Butterfield could not read or write music, but he knew what he liked. A brigadier general in the Union Army who would go on to receive the Medal of Honor in 1892 for gallantry during the Civil ...

Jasmine Lopez was 6 years old when her father, Army Sgt. Luis Lopez, died while stationed in Germany on Oct. 16, 2011. At the time, she couldn’t fully comprehend his death. “I just thought, ‘He’s gone ...

TAPS Gold Star Advocacy Week and Congressional Reception, September 25th - 29th, 2023. Behind each devastating death in the military community is a family left to grieve an immense loss. Standing ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The 24 notes of Taps, so familiar to the ear, are melodic yet solemn in their simplicity. Stewart Boone, a 98-year-old bugler, does not need sheet music anymore. The veteran of the ...

A viral and false Facebook post from 2014 about the origins of the military's bugle melody known as "Taps" is receiving a new surge of shares. The old post tells a fabricated Civil War story of a ...

Memorial Day celebrations across the U.S. will look a bit different this year, with most picnics, parades, and services canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. That's why CBS News "On the Road" ...