The copper instrument belonged to Private George Alan Carver, a soldier from the 12th Battalion Durham Light Infantry (DLI), ...

The system, which synchronizes all sites via satellite, plays the traditional military bugle call, taps, each night at dusk in honor of region veterans past and present.

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.

The bugle call known as “taps” is thought to be a revision of a French bugle signal, called “tattoo,” that notified soldiers to cease an evening’s drinking and return to their garrisons.

Recorded bugle calls are also heard at the fort during retreat, when the flag is lowered in the late afternoon. Taps is also played every evening.

Taps sounds for Gene Horner, who spent decades honoring Alaska veterans with his bugle Horner volunteered to sound taps at military ceremonies for 25 years, believing that a recording wouldn’t do.

“The taps bugle call is what unites every American soldier,” said Jari Villanueva, an Air Force veteran and director of the nonprofit Doughboy Foundation, which supports the daily taps program.

ALBANY — It is the solemn 24-note military bugle call that launched a thousand handkerchiefs and became an American musical icon. "Taps," a national song of remembrance that rarely fails to ...

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

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

The 4th annual Taps Across America will again honor those military members. At 3 p.m. on Memorial Day, thousands of participants will be spread out across our nation to sound the 24 notes of our ...