Taps was played at the funeral of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson 10 months after it was composed. Army infantry regulations by 1891 required taps to be played at military funeral ceremonies.

She was the daughter of a Marine, and we were there to help bury her father. Supporting a funeral detail was one of the most emotionally impactful periods I had during my 24-year military career.

After people quietly gathered in the cemetery in the hot, sticky weather, a Marine squadron from Minneapolis conducted a 21-gun salute and taps.

When U.S. Air Force trumpeter Senior Master Sgt. Matthew Misener, dressed in a replica World War I wool soldier’s uniform, played the solemn notes from “Taps” on Wednesday, he marked the 1 ...

I never knew.. DID YOU? If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps was played; this brings out a new meaning of it. Here is something Every American should know. We in the ...

ST. ANSGAR, Iowa (AP) -- One funeral director doesn't think twice about tooting his own horn. He does it at every veteran's funeral he oversees. Mel Schroeder, owner of Schroeder & Sites Funeral ...

She was the daughter of a Marine, and we were there to help bury her father. Supporting a funeral detail was one of the most emotionally impactful periods I had during my 24-year military career.