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 ...

ST. LOUIS -- Gov. Matt Blunt said Friday he has directed the Missouri National Guard to use live buglers when available to play taps at military funerals, reversing a previous decision by the National ...

BATH, N.Y. -- It began with three haunting notes from a teenage girl. A second bugler, about 100 yards down the road, picked up the tune. And then a third. More than 850 buglers, trumpeters and other ...

Since 2005, Meyer has played taps live at more than 200 funerals and other events across a three-state area. He’s also traveled the country, joining groups of taps-playing buglers for special ...

The solemn U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated with a Union Army father finding the melody written on paper in the pocket of his deceased Confederate soldier son. Rating: False (About this ...

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 ...