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.

A veteran who died in Chicago without any recollection of their life has been memorialized in a funeral service with military ...

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.

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.

Band members played taps, the national anthem, and other military songs at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. The group was founded 25 years ago after Congress passed legislation giving all ...

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 ...

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.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Nearly 100 Northeast Wisconsin Veterans are back in class to get a refresher on properly performing military funeral honors. De Pere VFW Post 2113 held a training session ...

Johnson is a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America Quad Cities honor guard. He recognized the hard work of Tracy Hepner, who volunteers to play Taps for military funerals on her bugle.

Community rallies to get Vietnam veteran military funeral honors. Event organizers made sure a recently passed Vietnam vet was honored for his service after almost missing out on the ceremony.