The U.S. Army has decided to stop using live buglers at military funerals.
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has projected that approximately 550,000 veterans will
die this year. Any one who was honorably discharged is entitled to full military honors, which
includes the playing of TAPS.
There are more deaths than there are bugle players, so the Army is using a device that plays
a 57 second rendition of TAPS from inside an electronic bugle.
This is receiving mixed results, some say it is almost as good as a live bugler, others say
that a live bugler is a sign of respect to the veteran being interred.
Jerald Terwilliger
National Chairman
American Cold War Veterans
"We Remember"
---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Elkhart, Indiana to play Taps on 5 mile stretch
Elkhart, Indiana will honor veterans on Veterans Day with what will be a heart touching and somber
reminder.
Starting at 9 a.m. 92 musicians spaced about 300 feet apart will play Taps, one at a time. As one bugler finishes, the next will start with the final note of the proceeding bugler. The musicians will be along a road between two cemeteries that are approximately 5 miles apart.
Terry Valentine helped launch the Echo Taps From the Heart last year. He told the Elkhart Truth he wants this years event to serve as a poignant tribute to those who served.
Starting at Pine Street Cemetery the event will end about two hours later at Rice Cemetery. There a ceremony will take place that will include all 92 musicians playing Taps at the same time.
Such a tribute is sure to be an event to remember, and will bring tears to many eyes as they hear the
echo rolling along the path.
Jerald Terwilliger
National Chairman
American Cold War Veterans
"We Remember"
---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996
reminder.
Starting at 9 a.m. 92 musicians spaced about 300 feet apart will play Taps, one at a time. As one bugler finishes, the next will start with the final note of the proceeding bugler. The musicians will be along a road between two cemeteries that are approximately 5 miles apart.
Terry Valentine helped launch the Echo Taps From the Heart last year. He told the Elkhart Truth he wants this years event to serve as a poignant tribute to those who served.
Starting at Pine Street Cemetery the event will end about two hours later at Rice Cemetery. There a ceremony will take place that will include all 92 musicians playing Taps at the same time.
Such a tribute is sure to be an event to remember, and will bring tears to many eyes as they hear the
echo rolling along the path.
Jerald Terwilliger
National Chairman
American Cold War Veterans
"We Remember"
---------------- "And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." -- Robert M. Gates, 1996
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