The solemn U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated with a Union Army father finding the melody written on paper in the pocket of his deceased Confederate soldier son. Rating: False (About this ...

A military band plays a reverent march, leading six horses as they pull a flag-draped casket through tree-lined lanes of Arlington National Cemetery. A team of soldiers transfers the casket from the ...

New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided military funeral honors at 6,166 graveside services in 2025. The 69 soldiers who serve in the New York Army National Guard Honor Guard ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Memorial Day was commemorated in Gettysburg with the start of the ninth annual "100 Nights of Taps" to honor the more-than 23,000 Union soldiers who died on the battlefield during ...