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

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 peop… ...

To some, the Taps recording version is sufficient. But Day and others say the “fake” version robs veterans of the true dignity of having a bugler play live at their funeral.

Since the Civil War, American military forces have used the haunting 24-note bugle call, taps, as a song of remembrance. First played in 1862 to mark the end of the day or “lights out.” ...

Lee Ann Jendrejeski recalls hearing taps at the March 30 funeral for her friend Howard Traenkner, 100, a World War II Navy veteran from Harrison. “Everyone breaks down when they hear taps ...

He served at about 75 funerals last year and played taps at about 50 of them. Coates, 53, is a Navy veteran who works full time as a welder and metal fabricator.

Clark said he has played taps at veterans' funerals for the past 12 years, and now performs the service at 40-50 funerals annually. The first ones were hard.

But the call for taps — that mournful tune guaranteed every veteran who wants a military funeral — fell to Jonathan Kin, a civilian representative of Houston's Veterans Affairs National Cemetery.

"BAA has played live taps for only 10 funerals or memorial services for fallen veterans due to COVID-19," Dodson said. Mississippi has 52 active buglers spread throughout the state but more are ...

Joiner is among 10 ULM trumpet students offering to play Taps at veterans' funerals, rather than leave the haunting farewell bugle call to a recording.This service was the group's first,, and was ...

The Youth Trumpet & Taps Corps , enlisting high school musicians, has gone national since Katie Prior of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, started it as her Girl Scout Gold Award project in 2014.