But the 24 notes of taps, lasting about 30 seconds, were sounded not by a musician with a bugle, but on a compact disc player placed discretely out of sight. With too few musicians available to ...

WASHINGTON -- Taps, the plaintive bugle call sounded at many military funerals, has earned widespread Congressional support for designation as the National Song of Remembrance. One line in a thick ...

brings his bugle to his lips and slowly sounds out the 24 notes of the bugle call, "taps." When finished, he tucks the bugle under his arm, salutes and marches away. As one of the Army Band's ...

Norton followed Butterfield's instructions, and after a few tweaks, what resulted was the U.S. military's most popular bugle call of them all: Taps. "There is something singularly beautiful and ...

Pershing sounded taps at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918, signaling the end of World War I. The bugle bears the marks of age and much use. Countless soldered repairs are visible along the assorted ...

When the time came for TAPS, the all-business, proper private picked up his bugle and blew to produce that well-known three-note tribute to the veteran we were burying. He puffed and blew ...

The playing of Taps on a bugle is perhaps one of the most recognized pieces of music, but at many veterans funerals, mourners usually hear a recording. Korean War veteran Mike Del Vecchio Sr., ...

Steve Walker's bugle cut through the distant hum of passing planes as a crowd stood at attention during the Memorial Day ceremony at Houston National Cemetery. Walker performed "Taps," the emotional ...

Thousands gathered at the historic Gettysburg battlefields on Memorial Day to honor the brave men and women who have served the nation. The event marked the beginning of the "100 Nights of Taps ...