WASHINGTON — Every day a lone bugler stands at the World War I Memorial across the plaza from a statue of Army Gen. John Pershing. The bugler salutes the American flag, lifts a simple brass instrument ...

With Memorial Day just around the corner, tens of thousands of musicians are gearing up to play in one of the largest musical performances of all time - "Taps Across America." On Monday, at 3:00 p.m.

“I feel like it’s my way of giving back...Anytime I’m asked to do it, I will gladly do it." IBERIA PARISH (NEW IBERIA) — From a tune that signals lights-out, to a military funeral hymn, 'Taps' holds a ...

That's 95 year old Sam Mandanello on the trumpet playing taps every Memorial Day. He plays the song at 3 p.m., taking part in taps across America. All over America, uh, at 3 o'clock, uh, people are ...

This video is no longer available. At the National World War I Memorial, the organization that was formed to honor veterans marked a milestone Wednesday afternoon. Every day since the memorial first ...

WEST BEND, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A Wisconsin-based company is playing a big role in a relatively new Memorial Day tradition. Taps Across America was started in 2020 when CBS News Correspondent Steve ...

Chris Gekker stepped up to the flag flying at half-staff, trumpet tucked against a borrowed wool uniform. Before him was the World War I Memorial and its lines of poetry on a granite wall. We were ...

Co-host Esai Morales introduces "Taps" on the 2025 National Memorial Day Concert. In honor of the fallen and their families, U.S. Marine Corps SSgt. James McAloon performs the bugle call signal “Taps” ...

The powerful tribute, in which musicians of all abilities and ages across the country honor our fallen soldiers by playing Taps on Memorial Day, was dreamed up by CBS Evening News "On the Road" ...