The brigade can also play “Echo taps,” a melodic version of the song with two trumpeters, one echoing the other. The phasing effect “is really beautiful,” Brottman said.

In 2004, a man from her church called to ask if she would play Taps for a funeral. That was more than 400 funerals ago, playing with honor guards from Rock Island, East Moline, Moline, Milan ...

That's 95 year old Sam Mandanello on the trumpet playing taps every Memorial Day. He plays the song at 3 p.m., taking part in taps across America. All over America, uh, at 3 o'clock, uh, people ...

Les W. Hart is nearing a somber milestone in his volunteerism with the Blair County Honor Guard — he’s played taps on his trumpet for nearly 500 veterans’ funerals. Hart, 80, started playing ...

Including "Taps." Bierschenk won’t be playing his own trumpet, but rather one that’s been to Normandy before. The trumpet he’ll be playing belongs to World War II veteran, Richard Wank.

The sound of taps is as familiar as breath, solemn and haunting. And for 73-year-old Jerry Muennich on this Memorial Day, it was especially and eloquently moving.

In this Jan. 25, 2019, photo, music education major and trumpet student Kody Jernigan of Longview, Texas, plays "Taps," at the funeral of retired Ouachita Parish District Fire Chief Tommy "Cotton ...

Footage of a South Carolina mom’s special Memorial Day performance with her daughters has racked up over 10 million views after being posted ahead of the holiday on May 29.The video, filmed by Jeffrey ...

When offered the opportunity to play "Taps" at NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600, Staff Sgt. Nicole Daley didn't hesitate. After 23 years of playing the trumpet and seven as an Army bugler, Daley performed a ...

Bob Tuszynski, a fourth-degree Knight of Columbus, performs “Taps” on his trumpet at Holy Cross Cemetery in Bay Settlement, Wis., April 22, 2021. Tuszynski began the practice on Memorial Day ...