JACKSONVILLE — Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to render emotion than “Taps.” Across the United States today, services are being held to honor the courageous ...

WASHINGTON — Every day a lone bugler stands at the World War I Memorial across the plaza from a statue of Army Gen. John Pershing. The bugler salutes the American flag, lifts a simple brass instrument ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Taps Across America will again honor military members who died in service to our nation and you can take part. At 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day thousands of participants will be ...

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 ...

Since the Civil War, American military forces have used the haunting 24-note bugle call, taps, as a song of remembrance. First played in 1862 to mark the end of the day or “lights out.” It now is ...

At some homes and neighborhoods across the Williamsburg area, the celebrated and emotional bugle call of “Taps” was heard at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon as part of “Taps Across America,” a growing ...

The somber 24 notes of "Taps" brings closure at the burial of American service personnel. "Taps" is a tradition, but real buglers are difficult to find for services at Rock Island National Cemetery, a ...

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 ...