It was 42 years ago now, but the sounds and sights of this military funeral still remain vivid in memory. It was the first Meeker County funeral for a victim of the Vietnam War. The rites were ...

Steve Pederson, a 23-year resident of Eden Prairie, has played trumpet since the fifth grade in Marshall, Minn. He remembers playing “Taps” at dozens of funerals 40 years ago. Pederson was among ...

Dukatz played Taps from his front steps Monday afternoon. Some neighbors joined to watch the performance. The somber 24 note bugle call played at American military funerals and ceremonies.

The Liberty Memorial will bring back “Taps at the Tower” for a second year. Every day at 8:30 p.m. from Sunday through June 27 a bugler will play the familiar tune atop the deck of the Liberty ...

The ceremony will conclude with “Silver Taps” being played by six buglers. Silver Taps is held on the first Tuesday of each month from September to April to honor Texas A&M students who have ...

But it is playing those 24 notes in taps, and providing a final salute to ... He strongly laments that, in many services, an electronic bugle salute has replaced a live version.