Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — are playing taps at military funerals in a rebuke of ...

Korean War veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr., 90 of Dover plays Taps on his vintage bugle at veterans funerals which he considers a more fitting tribute than a record version that honor guards usually ...

Roger Meyer plays taps during the concert of the Claremore Civic Band in Claremore on Thursday. When Meyer’s son died in 2003, he learned to play the bugle to volunteer at military funerals and events ...

Dorothy Davis recalled how her father, the late Joseph P. Chickirda, was quite a humble man. And that’s probably why he never ...

KEARNEY — “Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lakes, From the hills, From the sky, All is well, Safely rest, God is nigh.” Ask Caleb Hardy and Bailey Premer, and the two young brass players will tell ...

COLUMBUS — The passing of her father prompted Jill Goedeken to taking part in ceremonies honoring other fallen veterans. When her dad died in 2001, Goedeken and her sister, Jan Went, gave tribute to ...

The somber 24 notes of "Taps" brings closure at the burial of American service personnel. "Taps" is a tradition, but real buglers are difficult to find for services at Rock Island National Cemetery, a ...

Playing taps on a boombox at a military funeral is just not the same as having someone in a dress uniform stand at attention and blow into a brass bugle. That's why S&D Consulting, based in New York ...

GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- The Korean War veteran known for playing "Taps" on the Galveston strand has died. Guy Taylor, 83, would end every day by going to his balcony on the Galveston strand and play ...

It woke them up and put them to bed. In between, it called them to assembly, to morning drills and to the mess hall. Years ago, the toot-toot-toot-a-toot of the bugle was as familiar on military bases ...