Les W. Hart, 80, has played taps for nearly 500 veterans’ funerals as part of his volunteerism with the Blair County Honor Guard. “There’s something about hearing a live trumpet,” said Hart of ...

Playing the trumpet has enabled Bob Altomondo to meet President John F. Kennedy, travel the world and, on Monday afternoon, entertain his neighbors and honor veterans. Altomondo, 75, invited the Sun ...

May 22—Gene Horner spent much of his life honoring veterans with his bugle at countless Alaska memorial and burial ceremonies. On Tuesday, it was Horner who was honored, as another bugler sounded taps ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

SHAVERTOWN — Renowned trumpet player Bobby Baird of Shavertown participated in “Taps Across America” on Memorial Day, playing the tribute to America’s fallen heroes on his front porch. Jim Kupstas, ...

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 ...

Perhaps the most poignant and distinctive melody ever composed is the one that marks the close of day at American military bases and is played at military funerals and memorial observances. The ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — During wreath laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Master Sgt. Matthew Byrne marches out to the Tomb, brings his bugle to his lips and ...

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 last year ...