More than a century later, Congress recognized taps as the "National Song of Military Remembrance" through the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. "Of all the military bugle calls, ...

The languid, melancholy sound of a bugle call is a fixture at military funerals. But it wasn't always that way. The song taps used to signal 'lights out' for soldiers to go to sleep. Taps ...

WASHINGTON -- Taps, the plaintive bugle call sounded at many military funerals, has earned widespread Congressional support for designation as the National Song of Remembrance. One line in a thick ...

An old rumor tells of how the "Taps" military bugle song supposedly originated from a composition found in a dead soldier's pocket. Barbara Mikkelson Published Oct. 28, 2008 ...

History has recorded that taps formally replaced a French bugle call for lights out during the Civil War and was first sounded at a military burial in July of 1862.

WASHINGTON — Congress has designated Taps, the haunting 24-note bugle call that American military forces have used since the Civil War, as the National Song of Remembrance.

It seems that the music of taps, rather than where it comes from, makes the difference, said Joan Solis, who organized the funeral for her uncle, Steven Polus, 89.

Somber but lilting, the music of taps echoes through the rolling hills of the Washington Crossing National Cemetery on weekdays as a bugler honors a current or former member of the armed forces ...

Taps, played on the humble ... which was designated as the 'National Song of Remembrance' by Congress in 2012, ... visit the Military.com Burial and Memorial Benefits section. Related Topics: ...

WASHINGTON -- A House-approved defense bill deals with Pentagon spending, weapons systems -- and taps, the bugle call sounded at funerals. The little-noticed provision calls for designating taps ...

A viral and false Facebook post from 2014 about the origins of the military's bugle melody known as "Taps" is receiving a new surge of shares. The old post tells a fabricated Civil War story of a ...

Intermingled with song birds and reverent silence, ... which is an organization devoted to providing a live sounding of taps at every military funeral, played at President Howard Taft's grave.