Eddie Ludema performed "Taps" at many SALUTE! concerts in Columbus over the past decade. Submitted photo It’s composed of only four different notes, performed in a prescribed rhythm in military ...

Twenty four notes played on a bugel or trumpet hold more meaning than words can say. The sound of Taps brings many people to tears. Jenn Hozempa plays it at the town common in Franklin, Massachusetts ...

A dedicated group of University of Louisiana Monroe musicians have stepped forward to recognize the service and honor the sacrifices of United States Armed Forces veterans by performing taps at ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — People throughout KELOLAND participated in Taps Across America for Memorial Day this year. It’s a national event on the day of remembrance where people play Taps during the ...

“I feel like it’s my way of giving back...Anytime I’m asked to do it, I will gladly do it." IBERIA PARISH (NEW IBERIA) — From a tune that signals lights-out, to a military funeral hymn, 'Taps' holds a ...

When Katie Prior went to her great-grandfather's funeral, she discovered some veterans get recordings of 'taps' rather than a live player. A 15-year-old girl who believes no veteran should get a ...

Chris Gekker stepped up to the flag flying at half-staff, trumpet tucked against a borrowed wool uniform. Before him was the World War I Memorial and its lines of poetry on a granite wall. We were ...

FIRST, YOU should know that Anthony VanCampen did not set out to be a bugler. He was working on the destroyer Berkeley in 1989 when the chief engineer of the ship, the man who had played taps for ...

Memorial Day may look a little different this year, but it sure sounded amazing. A group called Taps for Veterans planned a national moment of remembrance called "Taps Across America." The goal was to ...