Frank A. Blazich Jr. - Curator, Military History, National Museum of American History At the Arc de Triomphe in 1919, Edwards blew “Taps” in honor of the fallen for their service and their sacrifice.

The military has used dozens of different bugle calls over the years to mark the time of day and to direct troop activities. Most of them are unfamiliar to the average person. However, it would be ...

Today we know taps as the solemn melody played by buglers at our military funerals. But that's not how the simple, 24-note tune got its start. The origin of taps is a little fuzzy, but there's one ...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – There are few tunes more recognizable than the solemn song that brings a close to a military funeral. Taps is only 24 notes, but the brief melody is sure to stir emotion as its ...

Military bugler Jari Villanueva has played "Taps" thousands of times over his 23-year Air Force career. But on Memorial Day, Villanueva is less concerned about hitting the right 24 notes of the famous ...

TOLEDO – Army bugler Keith Clark waited for hours on that cold day in 1963 to play one last time for the president – his president. This somber duty, the sounding of taps at military ceremonies and ...

The bugler said her song was a tribute to lives lost and a prayer of safety for those who remained. In 2002, Julie Neria, a volunteer bugler, donned her uniform every evening to perform “Taps” in her ...

That's a tough question in the wake of the death of Ron Allgaier, 63, a fixture at thousands of military funerals for almost a half-century. The Peoria man's recent passing leaves a huge void amid an ...

Kevin McKay, who’s in a rock band, marked the pandemic year by blowing his horn at Grand Avenue Park. With the nearly night sky at his back, Everett’s Kevin McKay raised a plastic cup for a toast — ...

It was 42 years ago now, but the sounds and sights of this military funeral still remain vivid in memory. It was the first Meeker County funeral for a victim of the Vietnam War. The rites were held at ...

-- Wednesday morning, as members of the American Legion Post 11 Honor Guard divvied up assignments for another funeral detail, Ralph Ward's name was conspicuously absent from the list. It was Ward's ...