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.

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.

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 ...

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