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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Ralph Dudgeon has played taps hundreds of times during his 73 years. Starting when he was 11 years old, he would climb onto the East McKeesport borough firetruck at the end of the Memorial Day parade ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Monday afternoon, there is a national remembrance taking place for all of America's fallen soldiers. It is part of Taps Across America. At three p.m., those who want to play Taps ...

ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – In southeast New Mexico, one man is inspiring the community around him by honoring those who have served. A Roswell veteran, who has been honoring other vets for 20 years, was ...

NEW JERSEY -- A 13-year-old Boy Scout has been playing Taps every night outside a New Jersey nursing home where more than 100 veterans have died amid the coronavirus pandemic, and over the holiday ...