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

WASHINGTON -- Taps, the plaintive bugle call sounded at many military funerals, has earned widespread Congressional support for designation as the National Song of Remembrance. One line in a thick ...

The provision, which expresses the sense of Congress that taps be designated as the national song of remembrance, was sought by Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) after a retired military bugler from his ...

By 1900, the bugle call was routinely being played at every military funeral. Many stories of cemetery location choices where buglers sounded the 24 notes of taps were poignant and touching.

It is so clear, simple and distinct; that's where its beauty lies." "Taps" became an official bugle call in 1874 and is sounded between 10-11 p.m. on most U.S. military installations.

The song was written by Union Gen. Daniel Butterfield and brigade bugler Oliver Wilcox Norton to honor his men serving at Harrison’s Landing following the Seven Days Battle, a series of seven ...

WASHINGTON — Congress has designated Taps, the haunting 24-note bugle call that American military forces have used since the Civil War, as the National Song of Remembrance.

The hauntingly eloquent and mournful bugle call known as taps was composed and first played in the summer of 1862. Union Gen. Daniel Adams […] ...

They say taps is lowercase without quotations. The AP says: Lowercase the bugle call for "lights out," also sounded at military funerals. The same goes for reveille, the call to assembly for soldiers.

It seems that the music of taps, rather than where it comes from, makes the difference, said Joan Solis, who organized the funeral for her uncle, Steven Polus, 89.

I've listened to “Taps” being played by musician George Malanga every Memorial Day for many years now and it still gets me choked up. I am a member of the historical Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club ...

The song was written by Union Gen. Daniel Butterfield and brigade bugler Oliver Wilcox Norton to honor his men serving at Harrison’s Landing following the Seven Days Battle, a series of seven ...