The tradition of bagpipes and drums played at fire department and police department funerals in the United States of America goes back...

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙙𝙚𝙣: This march is associated with the Gordon Highlanders Regiment, because it is played for...

In response to some questions from outside the pipe band circle, we thought it might be helpful/interesting to provide some information...

In the photo above, Bud Hansen leads a group of USMC pipers with his drum, June 16th 1943. Northern Ireland There are various accounts of...

We rarely get a chance to see another country's editorial about the USA. Read this excerpt from a Romanian Newspaper. The article was...

We wouldn’t even think about trying to compete with a fireworks display, especially on the Fourth of July. So instead – we will reflect...

Photo Credit: Arlington National Cemetery

Haters, bullies, mean people…they all have one thing in common…they all suffer from one of the following: They hate themselves, They want...

April 25th is Anzac Day – a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, originally commemorated by both countries every...

It was September 9, 1513. The place was, and still is, a meadowland on a low hill just south of the village of Branxton, Northumberland,...

What is the importance of a folded flag? Most people who see this picture, see a folded flag and think nothing of it. To the family of a...

The tradition of ringing a bell at a firefighter's funeral stretches back more than 200 years. Generations ago, a bell would ring at the...

The Police Funeral Flyby -- one of the most solemn and honorable duties for the police aviator... The first funeral flyover of aircraft...

Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognizable or more stirring and able to render emotion than Taps. Up until the Civil...

Cops pledge to serve the public good and put their lives on the line daily. When they pass away, whether from circumstances in the line...

On March 13, 1996, a man walked into the Dunblane (Scotland) Primary School armed with several guns. He fired his weapons 109 times...

Are you a lucky or unlucky person? Or, to put it more precisely, are you prepared to be lucky? “Luck is what happens when preparation...

Congratulations to Colonel Glenn M. McNeill, Jr of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol on his retirement. Press release here. We...

We often start things with a very good reason behind why we are doing it. There is typically a motivation that is driving us forward. But...

This past week (February 2017) members of Wake and District were lucky to play alongside The Piano Guys at performances in Asheville and...