She now sounds a real bugle at military funerals at Washington Crossing and other cemeteries. "I only had to do (one) service to realize I'm performing a service of honor for this family," she said.

The languid, melancholy sound of a bugle call is a fixture at military funerals. But it wasn't always that way. The song taps used to signal 'lights out' for soldiers to go to sleep. Taps ...

Today, "Taps" signals the conclusion of military funerals, wreath-laying ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and ceremonies on the beaches of Normandy.

Families are entitled to a flag folding, flag presentation, and the playing of taps. However, in today's military, we have few bugle players. You can request one from your local high school band ...

The official military taps is played by a single bugle or trumpet at dusk, during flag ceremonies and at military funerals. Many scout groups sing the first verse of “Taps” at the close of ...

Playing "Taps" is a tradition for military funerals and memorials, but finding buglers to play is has become an issue. Watch Now Menu Local National Weather Sports Traffic Watch Now ...

From there, he would offer his services to render "Taps" at the funerals of military members. He did so for Dave Schindler, who gave him the mouthpiece for his bugle, and for Mr. Bowles, his teacher.

The famous bugle call played at military funerals is ingrained as music of mourning, but it also served as a lights-out signal to soldiers at night. 2.

Tracy Hepner has played Taps on her bugle for thousands of military funerals for nearly two decades. To stream News 8 on your phone, you need the News 8 app. Download the News 8 app.

The bugle call known as “taps” is thought to be a revision of a French bugle signal, ... Army infantry regulations by 1891 required taps to be played at military funeral ceremonies.

The bugler stands at attention, places the brass horn to his lips, and the bell resonates the sound of ``Taps'' over solemn tombstones, its notes haunting, clear and sharp.

Gary Edmondson first took up his horn to play “Taps” at a military funeral in 1946. He’ll play it again at a funeral service scheduled over the Fourth of July weekend as the 81-year-old ...