The origins of “Taps,” the distinctive bugle melody played at U.S. military funerals and memorials and as a lights-out signal to soldiers at night, date back to the American Civil War. In July 1862, U ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Memorial Day may kick off summer, but it’s really a day to remember the Americans who never came home. Unlike Veterans Day, it’s dedicated to those who made the ultimate ...

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 ...

Bugler Master Sgt. Allen Moon performed at hundreds of military funerals. Bugler Campbell Whitford has volunteered to play the 21-note taps at more than 450 military funerals. Several Capital Region ...