That's 95 year old Sam Mandanello on the trumpet playing taps every Memorial Day. He plays the song at 3 p.m., taking part in taps across America. All over America, uh, at 3 o'clock, uh, people are ...

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 ...

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 ...

SHAVERTOWN — Renowned trumpet player Bobby Baird of Shavertown participated in “Taps Across America” on Memorial Day, playing the tribute to America’s fallen heroes on his front porch. Jim Kupstas, ...

Elmer Hayes of Wisconsin first learned how to play as a favor for a teacher. — -- For decades, trumpet player Elmer Hayes has been honoring fallen service members with taps. Hayes, 91, knows the ...

Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War II in 1944. This year, local musician Kenny Bierschenk is preparing to play taps at a ...

A dedicated group of University of Louisiana Monroe musicians have stepped forward to recognize the service and honor the sacrifices of United States Armed Forces veterans by performing taps at ...

Bob Tuszynski, a fourth-degree Knight of Columbus, performs “Taps” on his trumpet at Holy Cross Cemetery in Bay Settlement, Wis., April 22, 2021. Tuszynski began the practice on Memorial Day last year ...

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 ...