Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The owners of Tennant Funeral Home & Crematory, Dave Tennant, David Tennant, and Justin Tennant ...

Few things touch my soul more than the somber notes of TAPS beside the graves of veterans I’m burying. Several years ago, in the dead of winter, I was laying to rest a longtime friend. The honor guard ...

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 ...

The bugler stands at attention, places the brass horn to his lips, and the bell resonates the sound of ``Taps'' over solemn tombstones, its notes haunting, clear and sharp. It's a dignified and ...

Gary Edmondson first took up his horn to play “Taps” at a military funeral in 1946. He’ll play it again at a funeral service scheduled over the Fourth of July weekend as the 81-year-old veteran has ...

A Navy veteran has made it his mission to honor fallen military service members by playing taps on his bugle at their funerals.After attending a funeral service for a fallen soldier where the ...

There is a shortage of people players to play taps at military funerals. Funeral honor guards have increasingly used prerecorded versions often played in the speaker that fits inside a vehicle. The ...

ELWOOD, Ill. — Retired Marine Cpl. Ed Crobie trudges through the snowdrifts with his bugle, anxious to start his day and reach the funeral site at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. A nearby ...

He's been playing taps to honor fallen soldiers for more than 15 years He's been playing taps to honor fallen soldiers for more than 15 years He's been playing taps to honor fallen soldiers for more ...

A Navy veteran has made it his mission to honor fallen military service members by playing taps on his bugle at their funerals.After attending a funeral service for a fallen soldier where the ...