Few things touch my soul more than the somber notes of TAPS beside the graves of veterans I’m burying. Several years ago, in the dead of winter, I was laying to rest a longtime friend. The honor guard ...

The owners of Tennant Funeral Home & Crematory, Dave Tennant, David Tennant, and Justin Tennant recently donated a new ceremonial bugle to the Jake Uhrig VFW Post 3541 and American Legion Post 20 in ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- From the hillside grave site in Arlington National Cemetery, Army Sgt. Keith Clark could see John F. Kennedy's vast funeral cortege crossing Memorial Bridge toward him. He could see the ...

Richard Grogan slipped on white gloves before lifting his bugle from its case. Built to the 74-year-old Army reservist and Navy veteran’s liking, the 4-year-old brass instrument has been Grogan’s ...

ELWOOD, Ill. — Retired Marine Cpl. Ed Crobie trudges through the snowdrifts with his bugle, anxious to start his day and reach the funeral site at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. A nearby ...

Gary Edmondson first took up his horn to play “Taps” at a military funeral in 1946. He’ll play it again at a funeral service scheduled over the Fourth of July weekend as the 81-year-old veteran has ...

He's been playing taps to honor fallen soldiers for more than 15 years He's been playing taps to honor fallen soldiers for more than 15 years He's been playing taps to honor fallen soldiers for more ...

There is a shortage of people players to play taps at military funerals. Funeral honor guards have increasingly used prerecorded versions often played in the speaker that fits inside a vehicle. The ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — From the hillside gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery, Army Sergeant Keith Clark could see President John F. Kennedy’s vast funeral cortege crossing Memorial Bridge toward him. He ...

From the hillside grave site in Arlington National Cemetery, Army Sgt. Keith Clark could see John F. Kennedy's vast funeral cortege crossing Memorial Bridge toward him. He could see the flag-wrapped ...