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

If you are visiting a departed loved one in Greensburg's South Park Cemetery at dawn or dusk, you’ll hear the bugle call “Taps” played from atop the mausoleum in center of the cemetery. There is no ...

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 ...

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 ...

MANKATO — A bugler will play in honor of fallen soldiers 3 p.m. today at Fleet Farm, 1850 Premier Drive. The Mankato store is among several Fleet Farm stores partnering with Taps for Veterans for the ...

There was a slightly hollow sound when taps was played at Memorial Day services this year at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. True, the notes were bell-clear, the haunting melody ...

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 ...

This is in reply to an op-ed piece (written by John Andersen and published in the Aug. 13 Herald) criticizing the use of a mechanical bugle at funerals. The Chippewa Falls Patriotic Council was formed ...