On this site you will find much information on the bugle call Taps, the history of bugles, and the role of bugles and buglers throughout American history. There is a section on Taps Performance Guidelines for those who are interested in sounding Taps for funerals and ceremonies, and a section on Getting Started on the Bugle, for those who are new to this subject and looking for resources. You will also find personal stories of buglers and links to other Taps and bugle-related sites on the Internet.
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August 1, 2023
Jari Villanueva Appointed As New Executive Director Of The Doughboy Foundation
JOIN US ON SEPTEMBER 13 AT THE NATIONAL WWI MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC
The National Salute – 2024
The National Salute, re-instituted in 2015, is a means to show our deep respect for our Unknown Soldiers buried in the plaza of the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery and all veterans. Taps For Veterans is asking buglers, trumpet and cornet players to participate in the National Salute ceremony on the 11th Hour, of the 11th Day, of the 11th Month.
The Doughboy Foundation, which supports programs, projects and activities that educate the public about America’s participation in World War I, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jari Villanueva as the new Executive Director.
Mr. Villanueva retired from the United States Air Force where he served for 23 years with the US Air Force Band in Washington DC. He was the Director of Military Funeral Honors for the State of Maryland from 2008-2017 and served as an officer in the Maryland Defense Force, the state militia.
Since 2012, Villanueva has headed Taps For Veterans, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing live buglers for military funerals. He also founded Taps Across America, an annual event where thousands of participants sound Taps on Memorial Day during the National Moment of Remembrance. He was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to serve on two commissions and has recently been asked to serve on the music committee for the American Friends of Lafayette to commemorate the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 visit to the United States.
More information on Mr. Villanueva’s bio can be found at: www.tapsbugler.com/jari-villanueva-biography-bio/
“I’m honored to have been asked to be part of this organization that recognizes, remembers, and honors the contributions of the 4.7 million Americans who served during World War I. Each day at the National WWI Memorial in Washington, we pay tribute to them with the daily sounding of Taps by a bugler in a WWI uniform. Next year we will install the sculpture that will be the focus of the memorial. The magnificent artwork, entitled “A Soldier’s Journey”, will be a 58-foot-long bronze freestanding sculpture consisting of 38 figures telling the story of one Soldier during the war.”
Mr. Villanueva will start his new duties in September 2023.
THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN TAPS ACROSS AMERICA 2023
TAPS AT THE NATIONAL WWI MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC
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Taps, the traditional lights out call in the military, traces its origin to the American Civil War and is used to honor military veterans at funerals. It is also sounded at memorial and wreath ceremonies to honor uniformed military members and those who have served our nation in times of war and peace.
Taps is sounded each day at 5 p.m. by a bugler in a WWI uniform. Taps has sounded each day since May 24, 2021. The Memorial is located at Pennsylvania Ave and 14th Street NW in Washington DC.
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Taps can be performed by a live, non-military bugler.
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Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to evoke emotion than the call Taps. The melody is both eloquent and haunting, while the history of its origin is interesting and somewhat clouded in controversy. In the British army, a similar type of signal called Last Post has been sounded over soldiers’ graves since 1885, but the use of Taps is unique to the United States military, since the call is sounded at funerals, wreath-laying ceremonies, and memorial services. A bugle call that beckons us to remember patriots who served our country with honor and valor, it is the most familiar call and one that moves all who hear it.
On any weekday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, a military ritual occurs that is both familiar and moving. An escort of honor comes to attention and presents arms. A firing party comes to attention, then fires three volleys. After the briefest of moments, a bugler sounds the twenty-four notes of America’s most famous bugle call. The flag, held by members of the military honor guard, is then folded into a triangle reminiscent of the cocked hat from the American Revolution. That ritual is performed almost twenty times daily during the many funerals held at Arlington.
How did these twenty-four notes we know as Taps come into being? Who wrote the melody? When was it composed? Where was it first performed? What was the original use of the call and how is it used today? These questions have been asked by many over the past century. To date there has been no in-depth research published on the history of Taps.This site will answer many questions about Taps, bugling, and the history of this military tradition, as well as guide you if you are looking for a bugler to perform at a ceremony or funeral.
For more information contact Jari Villanueva
I am very honored to be the bugler on our local Military Rites Team and have had that honor for over 23 years. As long as there is a breath in me, I shall honor our veterans as they surely have honored me.