“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 ...
BATH, N.Y. -- It began with three haunting notes from a teenage girl. A second bugler, about 100 yards down the road, picked up the tune. And then a third. More than 850 buglers, trumpeters and other ...
Korean War veteran Michael Del Vecchio Sr., 90 of Dover plays Taps on his vintage bugle at veterans funerals which he considers a more fitting tribute than a record version that honor guards usually ...
The playing of Taps on a bugle is perhaps one of the most recognized pieces of music, but at many veterans funerals, mourners usually hear a recording. Korean War veteran Mike Del Vecchio Sr., of ...
GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- The Korean War veteran known for playing "Taps" on the Galveston strand has died. Guy Taylor, 83, would end every day by going to his balcony on the Galveston strand and play ...
The first veteran to be buried on a cloudless day at Washington Crossing National Cemetery was Alan Clark. Jim McDevitt, 84, in uniform, readied his bugle, a polished silver-toned instrument, a ...
COLUMBUS — The passing of her father prompted Jill Goedeken to taking part in ceremonies honoring other fallen veterans. When her dad died in 2001, Goedeken and her sister, Jan Went, gave tribute to ...
Roger Meyer plays taps during the concert of the Claremore Civic Band in Claremore on Thursday. When Meyer’s son died in 2003, he learned to play the bugle to volunteer at military funerals and events ...
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 ...
A Mound man honors veterans on Memorial Day and throughout the year. Gary Marquardt plays “Taps” at veterans’ funerals all across Minnesota. “These things happen just once in a lifetime for those ...
The Rangers are in Florida tomorrow night for a game against the defending champion Panthers. Now, my Class of Ranger Fans students, please give me the first words that comes to mind? Okay, try these ...