highlandscout
Tonasket, WA
age: 58
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The following link comes from the West Point site pages on TAPS.
Those pages all lead to TAPS for all the fallen graduates of West Point.
Our fallen graduates ...
they are here in ghostly assemblage.
http://www.west-point.org/taps/
http://www.west-point.org/taps/Taps.html
provides this link:
http://www.tapsbugler.com/
"Lord of our lives, our hope in death, we cannot listen to Taps without our souls stirring. Its plaintive notes are a prayer in music--of hope, of
peace, of grief, of rest... Prepare us too, Lord, for our final bugle call when you summon us home! When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound
and death will be no more."
--From the invocation delivered by Chaplain (Colonel) Edward Brogan (USAF, Ret.) at the
Taps Exhibit Opening Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, 28 May 1999
...Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to render emotion than the call Taps.
...The melody is both eloquent and haunting, while the history of its origin is interesting and somewhat clouded in controversy. In the British army, a similar type of signal called Last Post has been sounded over soldiers' graves since 1885, but the use of Taps is unique to the United States military, since the call is sounded at funerals, wreath-laying ceremonies, and memorial services.
...A bugle call that beckons us to remember patriots who served our country with honor and valor, it is the most familiar call and one that moves all who hear it.
...On any weekday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, a military ritual occurs that is both familiar and moving.
...An escort of honor comes to attention and presents arms. A firing party comes to attention, then fires three volleys.
...After the briefest of moments, a bugler sounds the twenty-four notes of America's most famous bugle call.
...The flag, held by members of the military honor guard, is then folded into a triangle reminiscent of the c*cked hat from the American Revolution.
...That ritual is performed almost twenty times daily during the many funerals held at Arlington.
...How did these twenty-four notes we know as Taps come into being?
...Who wrote the melody?
...When was it composed?
...Where was it first performed?
...What was the original use of the call and how is it used today?
...These questions have been asked by many over the past century. To date there has been no in-depth research published on the history of Taps.
...This site will answer many questions about Taps, bugling, and the history of this military tradition, as well as guide you if you are looking for a bugler to perform at a ceremony or funeral.
...The origin of Taps, the ceremonies in which it is used, and the stories of those who have performed the call are a significant but often overlooked part of our history.
...The 60-page booklet Twenty-Four Notes That Tap Deep Emotions: The story of America's most famous bugle call, by Jari Villanueva, tells the story of the famous call and those who created it.
Twenty-Four Notes That Tap Deep Emotions
Last updated July 15, 2008
Download PDF files and sound files here - see the links below
PDF file and sound file of Taps
The Words to Taps
Jari's Taps Performance Guidelines
Thanks to all the buglers and families and friends
who participated in the Echo Taps Worldwide event
at Arlington National Cemetery
on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 19, 2007
What is Veterans' Day? Jari offers some thoughts and suggestions on ways to honor our nation's veterans - see More From Jari
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highlandscout
Tonasket, WA
age: 58
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this is from:
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tapsproj.htm
"Taps": The Military Bugle in History and Ceremony
"Taps." A bugle call that beckons us to remember patriots who served our country with honor and valor. It is the most familiar of calls and one that reaches our deepest emotions. The Taps Exhibit tells the story of the famous bugle call and those surrounding it. The composition of Taps, the ceremonies in which it is used, and the stories of those who have sounded the call have a significant, but often overlooked, part of American history. Arlington National Cemetery, our Nation’s greatest shrine, honors those who have sounded the eloquent melody.
A year in the making, the unprecedented Taps Exhibit is the cumulative effort of a team of musicians, historians and advisors who have a passion for music and history. It sheds light on a significant, but overlooked, part of American history - the story behind the bugle call of Taps and the role of the military bugler. The vision for this display has come from Jari A. Villanueva, trumpeter with the Air Force Ceremonial Brass. Villanueva has procured hundreds of items, including bugles, photos, sheet music, uniforms, and a variety of other memorabilia related to the bugle and Taps. The centerpiece will be the bugle used to sound Taps at the funeral of John F. Kennedy, the nation’s 35th president. This bugle had previously been on display at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum. The exhibit is scheduled to be at the Arlington National Cemetery Visitor’s Center for three years beginning in May 1999. Updates on the Taps Exhibit may be monitored online at: www.arlingtoncemetery.com/tapsproj.htm
Master Sergeant Jari Villanueva sounds Taps at the grave of John Cook,
bugler and Medal of Honor recipient. Cook received the Medal for his
actions at Antietam, Maryland and is buried in section 17 of Arlington National Cemetery.
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