It is the only bugle call in America’s armed forces with multiple purposes, according to former Taps for Veterans President Jari Villanueva. "I strive to play that call as perfectly as I can ...

Taps, played on the humble bugle, has been a lasting tribute to America's fallen servicemembers and veterans since the Civil War. Trained buglers who can play the somber melody, which was ...

Hart, 80, has played taps for nearly 500 ... People hear a real trumpet playing those notes and the tears flow,” he said. Hart is teaching others to play to preserve the live presentation ...

Stroud is no stranger to Taps, as he says he’s been playing the bugle horn most of his life. “When I was 14, I started sounding taps in a little cemetery in Kansas at the end of World War II ...