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The final bugle call of the day on military installations, Taps is played at military bases as a signal to service members that it is quiet time or “lights out”. The time varies between branches and individual bases: either 21:00, 22:00, or 23:00 (9, 10, or 11pm).
A bugle call is a short tune, originating as a military signal announcing scheduled and certain non-scheduled events on a military installation, battlefield, or ship. Historically, bugles, drums, and other loud musical instruments were used for clear communication in the noise and confusion of a battlefield. Naval bugle calls were also used to ...
The " Hymn to Liberty ", or " Hymn to Freedom " ( Greek: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, [ a] also Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν ), [ b] is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas and it is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus. It was set to music by Nikolaos ...
The Hellenic Armed Forces ( Greek: Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, romanized : Ellinikés Énoples Dynámis) are the military forces of Greece. They consist of the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Hellenic Air Force . The civilian authority overseeing the Hellenic Armed Forces is the Ministry of National Defense .
In the United States, the song was the last single released from the album, Sports. It peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, [ 16] the only single from the album not to reach the top 10 on the chart. The song was a top 20 hit on the Top Rock Tracks chart, peaking at No. 16. In Australia, the single reached No. 70.
Marines' Hymn. The " Marines' Hymn " is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps, introduced by the first director of the USMC Band, Francesco Maria Scala. Its music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach with the lyrics added by an anonymous author at an unknown time in the following years.
Originally, the song was titled "Army Air Corps."Robert MacArthur Crawford wrote the initial first verse and the basic melody line in May 1939. [1] During World War II, the service was renamed "Army Air Forces" because of the change in the main U.S. Army's air arm naming in mid-1941, and the song title changed to agree.
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