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 ...

Several Capital Region musicians have sounded a call for more volunteers to play taps during military funerals honoring veterans, military retirees and active-duty personnel. Allen Moon, of Gansevoort ...

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

Just about every day, John Hersh plays taps. He consults with an Amazon Alexa to find the perfect sunset time, then takes his bugle to the rooftop deck of his home on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island to ...

Each Memorial Day, Taps for Veterans hosts an annual remembrance for fallen service members called Taps Across America. It is a time when musicians play “Taps” at 3 p.m. wherever they happen to be on ...

UC Trumpet Professor Michael Mergen, USMC, plays taps during a Memorial Day commemoration in Eden Park in 2023. Thousands will pause at 3 p.m. Monday to sound a well-known bugle call in honor of those ...

The solemn U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated with a Union Army father finding the melody written on paper in the pocket of his deceased Confederate soldier son. Rating: False (About this ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — An 88-year-old Spokane man played Taps for the final time this March after 25 years of performing at servicemember burials at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery. According to the ...