DENHAM SPRINGS — The crack of three volleys from military rifles followed by the solemn wailing of bagpipes piping “Amazing Grace” dramatically punctuated the still, hot air of a Memorial Day morning ...
Brian Ahern, pipe major of the Port Authority police band, plays a tribute to the victims of 9/11 at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City on Sept. 1, 2021. (Daniel Jackson/Courthouse ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — One Lowcountry resident ventured toLive Oak Memorial Gardens on Monday to honor this country's servicemembers in a special way. Ahren Self, a member of Charleston Pipe Band, ...
The New York Fire Department's bagpipe and drum corps has played so many funerals and memorials since Sept. 11 that the band's leader Joe Murphy has lost count. "We would have cracked up if we'd kept ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Kim Greeley makes bagpipe playing look effortless. It isn’t. "You have to build a person up physically," she said. "We can't change the pitch at all, and we can't ...
On Memorial Day, Kris Carmichael honored the fallen with his breath, playing bagpipes.Carmichael has spent the past 40 years playing his bagpipe at memorials offering a musical tribute to those who ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Bagpipers played Amazing Grace while officers stood watch over fallen Hayward Police Sgt. Scott Lunger's casket. The memorial for the 15-year veteran of the force was held at ...
It helps to first understand that while bagpipes likely originated in Egypt, they’re most closely associated with both Scottish and Irish cultures. Scottish bagpipes move air from a bag that the piper ...
A light breeze carried the scent of gunpowder through the Liberty High School gym Monday as taps echoed through the great hall. The scent came from the rifles fired by Marines that ended the annual ...
It has been decades, but the pain is still at the surface for Bill Hickox. He can barely talk about fishing with his brother, without his voice cracking. “We were really hooked on that together,” he ...