Standing near the gravestone for the relative he never met, Mark Bailey accepted the crisply folded American flag from the ...

Every day since the World War I Memorial first opened back in 2021, a bugler has played “Taps” live at 5 p.m. — rain or shine.

Brig. Gen. Daniel Butterfield not only earned a Medal of Honor while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, but he also is responsible for the bugle call we know as taps.

WWII Marine Pfc. Harry LeBert was laid to rest in Louisiana 80 years after his death in the Battle of Saipan. LeBert's ...

For decades, he volunteered to sound taps when a veteran was buried with military honors, believing that a recording, though permitted under military protocol, was insufficient. “I take it real ...

Honor guard, taps lay military members to rest. By Cindy O. Herman For The Daily Item ; Nov 6, 2022 Nov 6, 2022; Matthew Wagner, of Mifflinburg, started playing taps in 2016 as a way to honor ...

What: A volunteer group providing military funeral honors for local veterans, including folding and presenting the burial flag, firing seven M1-Garand rifles, and playing taps.

As Vietnam-era veterans age, pass on, some fear there won't be enough VFW-involved veterans to present military funeral honors, recognize Memorial Day.

Raymond Farris Chambers bonded with his in-home physical therapist Heather Holmes and her family over a period of 12 years.

Her mother said the military "didn’t preserve her body or prepare her to come home" and described her as "infested with ...

Hardy and Premer’s dedication to the taps tradition has done more than honor military veterans; it has also inspired a new crop of high school students to start honoring veterans at military ...

Karen Brazell currently works as a senior VA advisor and would serve as the department's next Under Secretary for Benefits.