COLUMBUS — The passing of her father prompted Jill Goedeken to taking part in ceremonies honoring other fallen veterans. When her dad died in 2001, Goedeken and her sister, Jan Went, gave tribute to ...

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 ...

A visually impaired West Fargo woman who plays taps at military funerals has started a petition to try to convince the city's Veterans of Foreign Wars club to reconsider its decision to no longer use ...

The somber 24 notes of "Taps" brings closure at the burial of American service personnel. "Taps" is a tradition, but real buglers are difficult to find for services at Rock Island National Cemetery, a ...

This video is no longer available. At the National World War I Memorial, the organization that was formed to honor veterans marked a milestone Wednesday afternoon. Every day since the memorial first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first veteran to be buried on a cloudless day at Washington Crossing National Cemetery was Alan Clark. Jim McDevitt, 84, in ...

The decision by the West Fargo VFW Post 7564's honor guard to dispense with its volunteer bugler to play taps at veterans' funerals is more than a little perplexing. It's downright sad. The decision, ...

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 ...

On Memorial Day, trumpet player Jeff Farmer arrived at Saint Helena Public Cemetery and sounded taps at 3 p.m. For saxophone player Janette Beebe, she played the military bugle call in front of her ...

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 ...