LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) – There are different ways to honor the men and women who’ve given their lives in service to our country Traditionally, it’s the playing of Taps at military services. Sometimes ...
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 ...
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 ...
CEDAR FALLS — A member of the University of Northern Iowa Panther Marching Band is giving back to veterans the best way she knows how — with her music. UNI student JD Waybill of Central City in Linn ...
ST. LOUIS -- The musician lifts a bugle to his mouth, and the 24 notes of taps echo across the cemetery, a sad and stirring call played at veterans' funerals. But beginning today, the Missouri ...
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 ...
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 ...
When most people think of military funerals, they likely think of “Taps” played on the trumpet, folded flags and rifles fired in salute. But VERIFY viewer Gus didn’t see any rifle salutes at the last ...
FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. — When the fabric of America, star-spangled, is presented in a tight, triangular fold. When the grand, old flag is carried on a casket and set down by pallbearers, and when the ...
When National Guard Soldier Sarah Beckstrom died on Thanksgiving, the day after being shot in Washington, D.C., KU graduate ...