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  2. Taps (bugle call) - Wikipedia

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    Taps" is a bugle call [1] sounded to signal "lights out" at the end of a military day, and during patriotic memorial ceremonies and military funerals conducted by the United States Armed Forces. [2]

  3. United States military music customs - Wikipedia

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    A single bugler performing "Taps" is traditionally used to give graveside honors to the deceased (the U.S. Army specifically prohibits the use of "Echo Taps").Title 10 of the United States Code establishes that funerals for veterans of the U.S. military shall "at a minimum, perform at the funeral a ceremony that includes the folding of a United States flag and presentation of the flag to the ...

  4. Keith Clark (bugler) - Wikipedia

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    Keith Collar Clark (November 21, 1927 – January 11, 2002) [2] was a bugler in the United States Army who played the call "Taps" at the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. He misplayed the sixth note, and to many this mistake was a poignant symbol of the American nation in mourning. [3]

  5. The history of 'Taps,' played at countless American military ...

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    Military bugle call, 'Taps,' has ties to Utica. Here's how Mohawk Valley history is intertwined with well-known call. The history of 'Taps,' played at countless American military ceremonies, has ...

  6. Taps played as Acadiana WWII soldier finally home, reinterred ...

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  7. Military funerals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A bugler sounds Taps during the funeral of former United States Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger in Arlington National Cemetery, 2006. Escort platoons marching during the military funeral of Admiral Thomas Hinman Moorer in Arlington National Cemetery, 2004.

  8. Last US Marines to leave Saigon describe chaos of war's end

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    Thirteen of the original Marines on Thursday placed red roses in front of a plaque and saluted it on the old embassy grounds as taps played. The bodies of McMahon and Judge were found by Sgt ...

  9. Bugle - Wikipedia

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    In military tradition, the Last Post or Taps is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day's activities. It is also sounded at military funerals to indicate that the soldier has gone to his final rest and at commemorative services such as Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand and Remembrance Day in Canada [15]