SUGAR GROVE — The playing of taps is one of the more solemn moments in a military burial ceremony. Jerry Primmer knows how solemn the moment is as he plays the piece for the Lancaster Burial Detail on ...

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 ...

That's 95 year old Sam Mandanello on the trumpet playing taps every Memorial Day. He plays the song at 3 p.m., taking part in taps across America. All over America, uh, at 3 o'clock, uh, people are ...

Chris Gekker stepped up to the flag flying at half-staff, trumpet tucked against a borrowed wool uniform. Before him was the World War I Memorial and its lines of poetry on a granite wall. We were ...

As Memorial Day ceremonies take place at Fort Logan National Cemetery, there's one man that's honoring the fallen in his own way. It's a way many soldiers have never been honored before. For eight ...

Bob Tuszynski, a fourth-degree Knight of Columbus, performs “Taps” on his trumpet at Holy Cross Cemetery in Bay Settlement, Wis., April 22, 2021. Tuszynski began the practice on Memorial Day last year ...

“I feel like it’s my way of giving back...Anytime I’m asked to do it, I will gladly do it." IBERIA PARISH (NEW IBERIA) — From a tune that signals lights-out, to a military funeral hymn, 'Taps' holds a ...

SHAVERTOWN — Renowned trumpet player Bobby Baird of Shavertown participated in “Taps Across America” on Memorial Day, playing the tribute to America’s fallen heroes on his front porch. Jim Kupstas, ...

CRESTVIEW — About one hour and 17 minutes into the new blockbuster movie “Top Gun: Maverick,” Crestview High School alumnus and Marine Corps trumpeter Sgt. Jake Anderson is shown playing the mournful ...

(STRATFORD, Wisc.) — For decades, trumpet player Elmer Hayes has been honoring fallen service members with taps. Hayes, 91, knows the 24-note soundtrack well. The Korean War veteran from Stratford, ...

Eddie Ludema performed "Taps" at many SALUTE! concerts in Columbus over the past decade. Submitted photo It’s composed of only four different notes, performed in a prescribed rhythm in military ...

Trumpet Playing Teen Is on a Mission to Change the 'Taps' Stereotype Katie Prior, 15, was horrified to hear most veterans nowadays only hear a recording of Taps, instead of a live bugler. May 30, 2016 ...