A ceremony at Club Creek Park in southwest Houston recognized the brave men and women who served during the Vietnam War, but ...

Dorothy Davis recalled how her father, the late Joseph P. Chickirda, was quite a humble man. And that’s probably why he never boasted about how he played “Taps” on his bugle — not once, but twice — at ...

Ashley Hudgins says the first year after her husband’s 2011 death from mortar fire in Afghanistan was the most difficult time of her life, and there are any number of ...

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.

Saying goodbye for the last time isn’t easy. Sometimes, an evocative and emotionally resonant song can help.

The World Health Organization and a senior aid official say more than 2 million people in Sudan’s Darfur region have been ...

Iran’s biggest Gulf Arab neighbors are considering joining the U.S.-Israeli war against Tehran, and could be pushed to if ...

Teams lean into fun aspects of their national culture as they make their way through the tournament. Team Italy, for example, ...

Two uniformed service members stand at the door. Inside the military community, that moment has a name: “the knock.” When a U.S. service member dies, casualty notification teams deliver the news no ...

A Clarence, Missouri man has been spending his retirement honoring fallen soldiers through his musical talent. Now, a decade later, he’s marking a somber milestone, having performed Taps at over 1,000 ...

That's 95 year old Sam Mandanello on the trumpet playing taps every Memorial Day. He plays the song at 3 p.m., taking part in taps across America. All over America, uh, at 3 o'clock, uh, people are ...