A fabricated story about the U.S. military bugle call "Taps" long predates the creation of the internet. Here's the true ...

I’m going to play Taps every night from my deck at 8:00.” Encouraging those connections, he also said “Taking bugle call requests” — to which someone replied “Theme from F Troop.” ...

His business card says, "I will play taps at ALL veterans' funerals. Absolutely no remuneration accepted." "God gave me this talent, and all I've got to do is hold this horn," he said.

WASHINGTON — Chronically short of musicians for military funerals, the Pentagon has approved a push-button bugle that plays taps by itself as the operator holds it to his lips. Only about 500 ...

Korean War veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr.,, 90 of Dover stands at attention at a funeral service in a cemetery, waiting a signal from a military honor guard to play Taps on his bugle.

Even with their involvement, a real bugle or trumpet is used to play taps in only about 20 percent of the roughly 2,500 military funeral honors ceremonies that soldiers perform weekly across the ...

They went about their lives.” Play Taps with honor and reverence That’s the story of the gold ring. The other story, of Don Woodside and his bugling, continues each day at sunset.

While it's not quite time to play "Taps" for the Army bugler, Uncle Sam is having a hard time finding enough musicians to play the ceremonial honor at an increasing number of military funerals.

English talks about the origins of the song during the Civil War, as well as the new "digital bugle" that plays his recording of "Taps" at U.S. military funerals with the push of a button.

Anything other than a live bugler playing "Taps" sets off Villanueva. "The fake bugler is heartbreaking," said Villanueva, director of the Maryland National Guard's honor guard who oversees 80 ...