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

Bill Wundram can be contacted at (563) 383-2249 or [email protected]. HISTORY OF TAPS' The military bugle call best know as "Taps" began as a revision to the signal for Lights Out at the end ...

“Taps” is a bugle call sounded to signal “lights out” at the end of a military day and during patriotic memorial ceremonies and military funerals conducted by the United States Armed Forces.

Every day since the memorial first opened back in 2021, a bugler has played “Taps” at 5 p.m. — regardless of weather, the COVID-19 pandemic or any other incident.

Instead, he picked up his bugle and began playing live renditions of TAPS, rejecting the use of automated recordings common at many services. “TAPS is simple, just four notes,” Fischer said.

Recorded bugle calls are also heard at the fort during retreat, when the flag is lowered in the late afternoon. Taps is also played every evening.

Korean War Navy veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr., age 90, plays live Taps on his bugle at veterans funerals as a fitting tribute, instead of the typical recorded version of Taps. The former ...

Scotty Mills has a reverence for "Taps" that runs especially deep. "Here's a veteran, recently widowed, learned how to play the bugle when he was 70 years old, and now he plays it at memorials ...

SYRACUSE — Sunday is the fifth annual tribute of Taps Across the Water for Lake Webster, Lake Wawasee, Syracuse and Papakeechie lakes. This event honors U.S. military personnel who have ...

Guy Taylor, 83, would end every day by going to his balcony on the Galveston strand and play 'Taps' on his bugle. Taylor led a modest life, but inspired thousands with his passion and love for his ...

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