He always finishes with taps — a chilling, 24-note salute that is traditionally played by a lone bugler or trumpeter at funerals of U.S. military veterans. It is the only song the 49-year-old ...

Byrne plays the bugle at events around the cemetery and Military District of Washington events in the nation's capital and throughout the country. He has sounded taps at funeral services for ...

visit Military Funeral Honors. 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 ...

Steve Walker's bugle cut through the distant hum of passing planes as a crowd stood at attention during the Memorial Day ceremony at Houston National Cemetery. Walker performed "Taps," the emotional ...

When he learned that many military funerals had to rely on recordings or electronic bugles to play taps, he wanted to use his musical talent to make the ceremonies more authentic. “The fake ones ...

He recognized the hard work of Tracy Hepner, who volunteers to play Taps for military funerals on her bugle. “If you realized the time and effort and the money that she goes through to be here ...

IBERIA PARISH (NEW IBERIA) — From a tune that signals lights-out, to a military funeral hymn, 'Taps' holds a lot of ... As one of the two buglers who played at Monday night's Memorial Day ...

Fischer, a bugler for American Legion Post 32 in Longmont, has played Taps at nearly a thousand military funerals across Colorado. He’s the only member of his Honor Guard who isn't a veteran ...

Marquardt is the Minnesota state director for Bugles Across America. The nonprofit ensures military funerals include a live rendition of “Taps” by a bugler. “Today there are 5,000 of us ...

Taps is a bugle call during flag ceremonies at military funerals to honor those who died in the armed forces. “What goes into that level of service to the nation is something that I personally ...

While playing taps at veterans’ funerals, one thing stands out for ... Because Taps is a bugle call, not a song, there are no official words to it. There are several versions of lyrics, but ...