doug Marlette runs through *** series of scales and then stands quietly, his demeanor changing as he practices playing taps, drafted into the Vietnam war as an army medic. He was not able to save all ...

COLUMBIA - Musicians across the country to either play taps or pause for one minute to honor and remember those who have died in military service to the United States at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day.

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.

Chris Gekker stepped up to the flag flying at half-staff, trumpet tucked against a borrowed wool uniform. Before him was the World War I Memorial and its lines of poetry on a granite wall. We were ...

Twelve days after the Missouri National Guard announced it would no longer pay for buglers to play taps at military funerals, Gov. Matt Blunt stepped in and directed the Guard to use buglers when ...

SUGAR GROVE — The playing of taps is one of the more solemn moments in a military burial ceremony. Jerry Primmer knows how solemn the moment is as he plays the piece for the Lancaster Burial Detail on ...

In just a few days, people across the country will honor America’s fallen service members on Memorial Day. Last year, CBS’s Steve Hartman asked musicians to play taps at 3 o’clock sharp. With Memorial ...

Bob Tuszynski, a fourth-degree Knight of Columbus, performs “Taps” on his trumpet at Holy Cross Cemetery in Bay Settlement, Wis., April 22, 2021. Tuszynski began the practice on Memorial Day last year ...

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (WLS) -- A longtime downtown Crystal Lake shoe store owner has been honoring veterans each night from his yard by playing taps. "I have done it every day, every sunset since ...