Several Capital Region musicians have sounded a call for more volunteers to play taps during military funerals honoring veterans, military retirees and active-duty personnel.

“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 ...

A tradition that started as a result of legislation passed by Congress has turned into a program dedicated to providing the honor due to veterans when they pass away. Bugles Across America was founded ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 22—Gene Horner spent much of his life honoring veterans with his bugle at countless Alaska memorial and burial ceremonies. On ...

Jari Villanueva has committed decades to honoring the fallen with the bugler call of “Taps” and has spearheaded a “Taps for Veterans,” a nationwide organization that connects buglers to families and ...

Memorial Day is about honoring the men and women who will forever be remembered as having made the ultimate sacrifice. We honor those military members, and so does the Coastal Bend. The Veterans Band ...

WASHINGTON — Every day a lone bugler stands at the World War I Memorial across the plaza from a statue of Army Gen. John Pershing. The bugler salutes the American flag, lifts a simple brass instrument ...

For over a week this summer, a Beaumont man stood at Rogers Park and played taps on the bugle to remember service members who will never return home. “That was after the botched Afghanistan withdrawal ...