I don’t recall that ever happening,” said Jerome Feltis, a funeral director at Gregory J. Norman Funeral Chapel in Grand Forks.

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. An old copied-and-pasted rumor ...

Discover the significance of the bugle in military funerals and how it came to be used for Taps, a poignant farewell for veterans.

All too often, a folded American flag is reverently presented by white-gloved hands to grieving family members at the ...

Jennifer and Keith Raiche marched slowly to the top of the hill overlooking the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery. The sun had sunk behind the trees, and as the bell chimed seven times, Jennifer ...