TAPS FOR VINCE by Stan Mays Two men in stiff military uniforms impatiently waited in the hallway outside my seventh-grade band class. They alternately looked…
Posts published in “History of Taps”
The original November 25, 1963 evening radio broadcast by Jean Shepherd of WOR radio. The legendary broadcaster spent 45 minutes talking about the impact of…
“Accurate Listing of Funeral Music” by Irving Lowens, Washington Star music critic (Reprinted from the Washington Star, 12/1/63.) Last Monday, millions watched the solemn procession…
The Newseum in Washington, DC has asked me to sound Taps this Friday at 2:38 PM, the time of the announcement of the death…
On behalf of Taps for Veterans, thank you so much for being part of “A Bugle Call Remembered: Taps at the Funeral of President John…
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Here is a video of that ceremony November 11, 1963:
