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 ...

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 ...

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 — 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.

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.

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, ...

MANKATO — A bugler will play in honor of fallen soldiers 3 p.m. today at Fleet Farm, 1850 Premier Drive. The Mankato store is among several Fleet Farm stores partnering with Taps for Veterans ...

He always finishes with taps — a chilling, 24-note salute that is traditionally played by a lone bugler or trumpeter at funerals of U.S. military veterans. It is the only song the 49-year-old ...

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.

The tune wasn’t a hymn or military cadence, it was a silly, cheerful, and wonderfully odd camp song that has since become a beloved TAPS tradition: “The Unicorn.” ...

CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Saturday marked Armed Forces Day, and with it came a performance by Bugles Across America.. Band members played taps, the national anthem, and other military songs at the ...

The nonprofit organization Taps For Veterans ensures that the song of remembrance "Taps" is played by a live bugler during military funerals.