Sadly, the sound of “Taps” presented by an onsite bugler is no longer a part of the military funeral scene in Litchfield or many other parts of the state. Today, military funerals here end ...

Taps, played on the humble bugle, has been a lasting tribute to America's fallen servicemembers and veterans since the Civil War. Trained buglers who can play the somber melody, which was ...

Bugler Wendell Adams performs taps at Rocklane Cemetery during the Memorial Day program hosted by the Greenwood and Whiteland Veterans Of Foreign Wars and the Greenwood American Legion Post 252 in ...

Hart, 80, has played taps for nearly 500 veterans’ funerals ... He strongly laments that, in many services, an electronic bugle salute has replaced a live version. “There is something about ...

Bands play “Echo Taps” a version of the original bugle call. It features a lead trumpet that plays “Taps” while a second bugler plays certain parts in the background, hence the echo.