Gene Horner spent much of his life honoring veterans with his bugle at countless Alaska memorial and burial ceremonies. On Tuesday, it was Horner who was honored, as another bugler sounded taps and ...

A visually impaired West Fargo woman who plays taps at military funerals has started a petition to try to convince the city's Veterans of Foreign Wars club to reconsider its decision to no longer use ...

Korean War veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr., 90 of Dover plays Taps on his vintage bugle at veterans funerals which he considers a more fitting tribute than a record version that honor guards usually ...

“I feel like it’s my way of giving back...Anytime I’m asked to do it, I will gladly do it." IBERIA PARISH (NEW IBERIA) — From a tune that signals lights-out, to a military funeral hymn, 'Taps' holds a ...

May 26—The local Memorial Day Taps Across America tribute is scheduled to return for a fifth year Monday at 3 p.m. at Duke's Lounge & Dawg House on Sinclair Marina Road. By land or by lake, the public ...

Although associated with military funerals, the minute-long bugle call known as “taps” actually dates to the Civil War, during which it signaled “lights out” in camps at night. Recorded bugling has ...

The bugler stands at attention, places the brass horn to his lips, and the bell resonates the sound of ``Taps'' over solemn tombstones, its notes haunting, clear and sharp. It's a dignified and ...

Playing taps on a boombox at a military funeral is just not the same as having someone in a dress uniform stand at attention and blow into a brass bugle. That's why S&D Consulting, based in New York ...

COLUMBUS — The passing of her father prompted Jill Goedeken to taking part in ceremonies honoring other fallen veterans. When her dad died in 2001, Goedeken and her sister, Jan Went, gave tribute to ...

BATH, N.Y. -- It began with three haunting notes from a teenage girl. A second bugler, about 100 yards down the road, picked up the tune. And then a third. More than 850 buglers, trumpeters and other ...