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 ...

Eddie Ludema performed "Taps" at many SALUTE! concerts in Columbus over the past decade. Submitted photo It’s composed of only four different notes, performed in a prescribed rhythm in military ...

Twenty four notes played on a bugel or trumpet hold more meaning than words can say. The sound of Taps brings many people to tears. Jenn Hozempa plays it at the town common in Franklin, Massachusetts ...

I fell in love with the trumpet the first time I heard “Taps” played. I was 7 or 8, standing in Western Park, Little Falls, attending the annual Memorial Day festivities. More on “Taps” later. Bowing ...

May 25—CHAMPAIGN — Music has always been a big part of Logan Parks' life. Singing Disney songs and taking piano lessons as a kid kick-started a path for the 2021 Champaign Central graduate to excel as ...

Right at 3 p.m., trumpeter Adam Matejek stood in his driveway in northern Columbia and sounded taps. The 24 notes were clear, the familiar tune somber. As soon as he finished, it rained. Matejek was ...

As the sun sets on another summer, John Hersh is wrapping up his 10th year of rooftop serenades. By Elisabeth Egan Reporting from Beach Haven, N.J. The instant the sun sinks into Barnegat Bay, the ...

An Illinois man beat the coronavirus, and his family is crediting his trumpet. Not only did Dave Navarro recover, but the Moline resident also was able to play “Taps” at his father’s funeral, WQAD ...

Taps is instantly recognizable as the somber 24-note bugle call played at American military funerals and ceremonies. Hartman and Villanueva hope that the nationwide event, now in its second year, will ...

FRANKLIN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Twenty four notes played on a bugel or trumpet hold more meaning than words can say. The sound of Taps brings many people to tears. Jenn Hozempa plays it at the town ...