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Duty calls: Buglers sought to play taps at military funerals

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. Allen Moon, of Gansevoort ...
The New York Times

The Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes

Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — are playing taps at military funerals in a rebuke of technology. Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — ...
KHQ

88-year-old Spokane bugler plays Taps for the last time after 25 years

SPOKANE, Wash. — An 88-year-old Spokane man played Taps for the final time this March after 25 years of performing at servicemember burials at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery. According to the ...
Penn Live

For America’s 250th, ‘Echo Taps’ event at Indiantown Gap takes on special significance

Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville will host its annual Echo Taps ceremony at 11 a.m. May 16, marking both the 20th anniversary of the event and the nation’s 250th birthday. The Pennsylvania ...
Times Union

Duty Calls: Buglers sought to play taps at military funerals

Bugler Master Sgt. Allen Moon performed at hundreds of military funerals. Bugler Campbell Whitford has volunteered to play the 21-note taps at more than 450 military funerals. Several Capital Region ...