A visually impaired West Fargo woman who plays taps at military funerals has started a petition to try to convince the city's Veterans of Foreign Wars club to reconsider its decision to no longer use ...
The decision by the West Fargo VFW Post 7564's honor guard to dispense with its volunteer bugler to play taps at veterans' funerals is more than a little perplexing. It's downright sad. The decision, ...
The solemn U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated with a Union Army father finding the melody written on paper in the pocket of his deceased Confederate soldier son. Rating: False (About this ...
Playing taps on a boombox at a military funeral is just not the same as having someone in a dress uniform stand at attention and blow into a brass bugle. That's why S&D Consulting, based in New York ...
Although associated with military funerals, the minute-long bugle call known as “taps” actually dates to the Civil War, during which it signaled “lights out” in camps at night. Recorded bugling has ...
This video is no longer available. At the National World War I Memorial, the organization that was formed to honor veterans marked a milestone Wednesday afternoon. Every day since the memorial first ...