Defiance VFW Post 3360 has purchased a new electronic horn which allows honor guard members who are not musicians to sound taps at military funerals and graveside services. The instrument employs a ...

Few things touch my soul more than the somber notes of TAPS beside the graves of veterans I’m burying. Several years ago, in the dead of winter, I was laying to rest a longtime friend. The honor guard ...

The owners of Tennant Funeral Home & Crematory, Dave Tennant, David Tennant, and Justin Tennant recently donated a new ceremonial bugle to the Jake Uhrig VFW Post 3541 and American Legion Post 20 in ...

The bugler stands at attention, places the brass horn to his lips, and the bell resonates the sound of ``Taps'' over solemn tombstones, its notes haunting, clear and sharp. It's a dignified and ...

The US defence department has approved the use of a digital bugle to play at funeral ceremonies after admitting that it did not have sufficient staff to play at all services. There are currently ...

Richard Grogan slipped on white gloves before lifting his bugle from its case. Built to the 74-year-old Army reservist and Navy veteran’s liking, the 4-year-old brass instrument has been Grogan’s ...

Perhaps the most poignant and distinctive melody ever composed is the one that marks the close of day at American military bases and is played at military funerals and memorial observances. The ...

Ronald Reagan will have his own bugle. After Army Sgt. Maj. Woodrow English finishes playing taps at Reagan’s California gravesite tonight, he will donate his bugle to the Reagan family. That will end ...

He's been playing taps to honor fallen soldiers for more than 15 years He's been playing taps to honor fallen soldiers for more than 15 years He's been playing taps to honor fallen soldiers for more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to render emotion than “Taps.” Across the United States ...

CINCINNATI -- The rifle shots ring over the cemetery followed quickly by the melancholy notes of a lone bugler. He plays “Taps,” the traditional music played at the grave site of a military service ...

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