Taps on the Square began that evening and has continued for over 330 consecutive Fridays, in rain, snow or heat. Jerry Vest reads the names. Randy Sichting rings the bell.

The veteran of the Battle of the Bulge said he's played Taps 1,248 times. "It is an honor to play it," Boone said. "It brings tears to most people’s eyes who hear it." ...

With us now in the studio is Jari Villanueva, who played "Taps" at military funerals at Arlington Cemetery for 23 years. He's now director of the Maryland National Honor Guard.

"I strive to play that call as perfectly as I can," Villanueva, who estimated he has played taps thousands of times since he first sounded it as a Boy Scout in the late 1960s, said in a phone ...

Every day a bugler plays Taps at the National World War 1 Memorial in Washington, D.C. In February, they reached a remarkable milestone.

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Taps was played at the funeral of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson 10 months after it was composed. Army infantry regulations by 1891 required taps to be played at military funeral ceremonies.

The history of 'Taps,' played at countless American military ceremonies, has Utica ties. Frank Tomaino. Thu, July 6, 2023 at 9:12 AM UTC. 6 min read. 1862, 161 years ago A haunting 24 notes ...

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Across the country at 3 p.m. local time, people played taps to honor Memorial Day. That includes at the El Riad Shrine in Sioux Falls. This is the first time the El… ...

The 24 notes of Taps, so familiar to the ear, are melodic yet solemn in their simplicity. Stewart Boone, a 98-year-old bugler, does not need sheet music anymore. The veteran of the Battle of the ...