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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 ...
"Taps" has been used frequently in popular media, both sincerely (in connection with actual or depicted death) and humorously (as with a "killed" cartoon character). It is the title of a 1981 movie of the same name. "First call" is best known for its use in thoroughbred horse racing, where it is also known as the "Call to the Post". It is used ...
The sounding of Taps is performed by a lone bugler or an audio recording, at a distance 30 to 50 yards from the grave site while a "Final Salute" is given (in specific cases with the United States Military Academy, a muffled drum roll might accompany the bugler). Full honor military funerals include all standard honors in addition to the following:
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 ]
In the United States Army, the tattoo signals that all light in squad rooms be extinguished and that all loud talking and other disturbances be discontinued within 15 minutes, at which time "Taps" should follow. [2] At 28 bars long "Tattoo" is recognized as the longest bugle call in the repertoire of the United States Army
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Struck by the impact that the Last Post, of the UK and the Commonwealth of Nations, and Taps, of the United States, had on ceremonies and their participants, General Gouraud took the initiative to call by the head of the music of the Republican Guard, Major Pierre Dupont, and requested a composition of an appropriate bugle call.
A well recognized and well performed version of Taps, performed by the Army band similar to its performance of Reveille. Nominate and support. haha169 04:23, 4 March 2011 (UTC) Support this has to be the most famous bugle call in the states. Well done and free --Guerillero | My Talk 05:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)