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 ...

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 ...

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., of ...

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 ...

Somber but lilting, the music of taps echoes through the rolling hills of the Washington Crossing National Cemetery on weekdays as a bugler honors a current or former member of the armed forces being ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- "Day is done, gone the sun, From the lake, from the hills, from the sky; All is well, safely rest, God is nigh..." The words from "Taps" may not be readily familiar but the tune ...

ELWOOD, Ill. — Retired Marine Cpl. Ed Crobie trudges through the snowdrifts with his bugle, anxious to start his day and reach the funeral site at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. A nearby ...

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 ...

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 ...