Norton followed Butterfield's instructions, and after a few tweaks, what resulted was the U.S. military's most popular bugle call of them all: Taps.

They say taps is lowercase without quotations. The AP says: Lowercase the bugle call for "lights out," also sounded at military funerals. The same goes for reveille, the call to assembly for soldiers.

It is so clear, simple and distinct; that's where its beauty lies." "Taps" became an official bugle call in 1874 and is sounded between 10-11 p.m. on most U.S. military installations.

The languid, melancholy sound of a bugle call is a fixture at military funerals. But it wasn't always that way. The song taps used to signal 'lights out' for soldiers to go to sleep. Taps ...

At some homes and neighborhoods across the Williamsburg area, the celebrated and emotional bugle call of “Taps” was heard at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon as part of “Taps Across America,” a ...

WASHINGTON -- Taps, the plaintive bugle call sounded at many military funerals, has earned widespread Congressional support for designation as the National Song of Remembrance.

Taps - 2200 hours Taps is the last bugle call of the day and is played to signal that unauthorized lights are to be extinguished. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact me at 707-3414.

On a recent Friday, the bugle call sounded during a military burial service there for U.S. Air Force veteran John Smoczylo, 56, of Philadelphia, that included a three-volley rifle salute by ...

JACKSONVILLE — Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to render emotion than “Taps.” Across the United States today, services are being held to honor the ...

The hauntingly eloquent and mournful bugle call known as taps was composed and first played in the summer of 1862.

Military bugle call, 'Taps,' has ties to Utica. Here's how Mohawk Valley history is intertwined with well-known call.