Ten trumpet students at a Louisiana university are offering to play Taps at veterans’ funerals, rather than leave the haunting farewell bugle call to a mechanical device. “A lot of people get a ...
Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — are playing taps at military funerals in a rebuke of technology. Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — ...
SEATTLE - The 24 notes of Taps brings about deep emotions. When you hear that music and see that flag ... that's why we were there, said Vietnam veteran Bill Coe. It's the military signal for lights ...
About a dozen times over the last two years, Jack Bumann has gone to cemeteries in western Illinois to help honor military veterans he never met. A high school trumpet player in the small town of ...
CEDAR FALLS — A member of the University of Northern Iowa Panther Marching Band is giving back to veterans the best way she knows how — with her music. UNI student JD Waybill of Central City in Linn ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Today, the 150 th anniversary of Memorial Day, 24 musical notes will echo in countless variations of remembrance across the country. The notes of that song, taps, will be played as ...
The Rev. Bob Dahlen recalls the first time he was asked to play taps at a funeral. He was a teenager living in International Falls when he got a call to go to the principal’s office. The band director ...
As budget cuts are set to silence live performances of Taps at military funerals in New York, one military bugler told FoxNews.com the iconic musical piece should always be performed by an Honor Guard ...
Ten trumpet students at a Louisiana university are offering to play Taps at veterans' funerals, rather than leave the haunting farewell bugle call to a mechanical device. "A lot of people get a ...