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The World War I memorial in Washington, D.C. (Ed Saunders for States Newsroom)

A 24-note bugle tune honors all veterans, living and dead

BY: - November 11, 2023

Promptly at 5 p.m., every day, rain or shine, blizzard or heat, a volunteer bugler wearing a period World War I U.S. Army uniform stands at attention near the flagpole at the National World War One Memorial not far from the White House in Washington D.C. On a brilliant autumn day, I watched as a Black soldier […]