First Name :   Gordon Ducote E-mail address :   gducote@houston.rr.com How did you hear about this site? :   USAF email news service Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   The site is great. The thoughts and love behind the idea of the buglers is priceless and a great comfort that people like that are still around. Thanks! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Lawrence E-mail address :   lbaboyd@austin.rr.com How did you hear about this site? :   VA Affairs website and afns newsletter Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Nice touch. Thanks Bugles Across America for your services. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Lora E-mail address :   loraevrsn@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   I found this web site via search engine. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   This is an awesome web site. Thank you for all the information you have posted. My Son is 13 and was doing a paper on the Civil War in his history class, plus he was asked to play taps for the Memorial Day Services our local American Legion performs. This Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Frank E-mail address :   fnotto@alltel.net How did you hear about this site? :   I was looking for the words to TAPS and came upon the web site. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   The web site is very interesting and informative. Thank you!!!! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   MSGT J. P. Gallagher USAF (RET) E-mail address :   gallajoh@hvcc.edu How did you hear about this site? :   Through research as a USAF 1st Sgt. I needed a proper source for the Taps music and sound for a ceremony honoring a dear friend who will die soon as a result of Agent Orange poisoning. We served in Viet Nam together. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   James E-mail address :   jlmeador@msn.com How did you hear about this site? :   From a historical site about TAPS Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   I think that this is a very informative site and I enjoyed reading thru it. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Jimmy E-mail address :   mconowgo@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   Link Through West-Point.org Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Excelent. I was looking for some pointers for my Taps performance at our local Cub Scout Graduation (I am a Boy Scout playing for my little brothers Graduation). This site really helped. Thank You. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I have a trumpet, cornet and a flugelhorn but unfortunately no Bugle. I tried all three and like the way the sound carries on the flugelhorn. I will use that for my performance. First Name :   Dave E-mail address :   dbergman@wowway.com How did you hear about this site? :   Searching the internet for the words to Taps. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   A great tribute to the most haunting and beloved melody of our time. A really beautiful website. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Hafiizul E-mail address :   blazing_nemesis@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   I surfed for army traditions &history, & I found your beautiful site. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Excellent job..keep up the good work. Maybe u can consider expanding the site. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Wyatt Sams E-mail address :   bowrymab@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   Working on a Social Science Project and wanted to include Taps as part of the project. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Thank you for sharing this information. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   My third great grandfather was in the Civil War and was a Medal of Honor winner and rode with George A. Custer. Like history in school. First Name :   e.r. mazotas E-mail address :   mazotas@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   via computer Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Ray E-mail address :   rrc@microcore.net How did you hear about this site? :   Did a google search on the origin of taps after receiving the MYTH E-MAIL you mentioned. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very enlightening. Very interesting. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Shirley Sanservino E-mail address :   shirley13@tampabay.rr.com How did you hear about this site? :   Research Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Beautifully done. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I am the newsletter editor for our American Legion Post 77, Inverness, FL and would like to use some of your information and add a reference to your web site in our historian column for the March-April newsletter. Do you need a special request form to do First Name :   Vince E-mail address :   VMARC@NECEDAH.US How did you hear about this site? :   Wisconsin Veterans Affairs website Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very thorough and new to me. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   The first time I had to present the flag to a widow I knew, the bugle sounded and I was stuck 2 feet in front of her at Present Arms. Her face got me and I too cried. I made sure that I wouldnt have to stand so close to the recipient anymore. First Name :   Allen E-mail address :   allen.moon@nyscot.ang.af.mil How did you hear about this site? :   BAA member. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Love the site! Finally the real story on TAPS. Ive heard so many versions of the conception and use of the piece, its good to get the real deal. Ill direct all who ask me about it to this site!!! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I am a full-time member(also, full-time bugler) of the 109th AW Base Honor Guard, Stratton ANGB, Scotia, NY. Our team performs military funeral honors for veterans in upstate NY. I have been bugling for the USAF since I enlisted in 93. Last year I perform First Name :   Brian E-mail address :   um469@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   Bugles Across America web site. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Ive played for 39 years, Ive been doing ceremonial playing on my horn for 20 years as a professional Firefighter. Ive always stood alone and wondered if any could identify with the feeling as I played. Glad I found the sites, yours and BAA! Thanks L Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Kenneth E-mail address :   sgtblindbat@ctc.net How did you hear about this site? :   googled Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   For me taps has been special from the first time I heard it in basic training in 1953 Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Philip E-mail address :   philinsand@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   Found via Google. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Great site. Researching to speak to USN training class about Taps. Also helpful info as my Dad will someday have this at his funeral. Best Wishes, MA1 Phil Bown, USN, TFDF, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Simon E-mail address :   robnita@cox.net How did you hear about this site? :   Just looking Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   GREAT GREAT Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Megan E-mail address :   princewoman 85@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   looked for it online Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Thanks for the great history on musical instrumnets. This site has been a tremendous help to me in my Greek and Roman histroy classes. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Reinhold E-mail address :   jgruel@wi.rr.com How did you hear about this site? :   I was looking for information on trumpets and found this site. I am impressed. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I was asked to be the Bugler for our Group in 1955. To this day I could kick myself for saying no. First Name :   John E-mail address :   jchang@nativitychurchnj.org How did you hear about this site? :   Arlington Natl Cemetery, at the exhibit in the visitors ctr Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Wonderful. Thanks for putting this together. God bless you. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   emily E-mail address :   ekaye14@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   metafilter.com Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   cool site Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   i am in the coast guard and i remember one year ago when i was at boot camp, i would hear the bugler and taps playing and be so thankful that another day of boot camp was out of the way First Name :   Jerry E-mail address :   boomer5199@sw.rr.com How did you hear about this site? :   I SEARCHED GOOGLE TAPS Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   EXCELLENT HISTORIC VALUE!!! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Michael E-mail address :   mklsnake@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   Web search Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very good. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Steven Drake E-mail address :   steven_merriann@msn.com How did you hear about this site? :   Searched bulger in Google. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very much enjoyed reading about taps and the words that my father sang to me from when I was young. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I have played taps in the Teton Basin of Teton Valley, Idaho for nearly 10 years in 9 cemetaries covering over 150 miles. Im encouraged and excited to know that there are people such as yourself that still take an interested in this wonderful American First Name :   Cuthbert Thambimuttu E-mail address :    How did you hear about this site? :   Googled. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Wonderful site.Debunks some nice but incorrect tales of origin.Thanks. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   James E-mail address :   lotajam@sw.rr.com How did you hear about this site? :   The story sent me was sad but it didnt ring true, so I used a search engine to find this. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   I am a former serviceman and think we should send this to every school in the USA. The students today know little about the military and men who shed their blood for their freedoms. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I played trumpet in high school and also played the bugle for the funerals of friends. It is very difficult to play it out without breaking down in tears. Every last soldier who died in or out of the military comes to my mind. First Name :   rocio hernandez E-mail address :    How did you hear about this site? :   school teachers Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   terrific history and information plus the song impressed me Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Brian E-mail address :   Bigwolfie99@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :    Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Great site , Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Alanm Mann E-mail address :   alan_mann@lantic.net How did you hear about this site? :   looking for the taps midi file for adding to my military memorabelia collection Member of SA Special Forces League Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   I cant find midi or np3 files of this. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO SEND ME THESE? best regards Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Sheila E-mail address :   sacutcher@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   Went into mamma search engine & typed in taps. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Great site with a fabulous info! Keep up the good work!!!! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   My husband is a distant cousin of Gen Butterfield. We had just found out the connection with Daniel Butterfield & the Taps, while doing a genelogy research. First Name :   Norbert E-mail address :   blkwingrdr@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   Sightseeing on the internet Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very nice site as well as informative Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   Just intrigued by the haunting sound - never have been able to listen to the National Anthem or Taps without my eyes watering over. First Name :   C.L. E-mail address :   clfisher4@cox.net How did you hear about this site? :   By accident found it on the internet. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very good historical information. Should be of interest to all musicians Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I played in high school and college band. Am a veteran of WW2 and Korean Conflict. Love music. Do not play bugle. Sorry First Name :   john E-mail address :   evernonmcl@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   searching for info on taps Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   would like to HEAR some of the bugle calls Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   member of 28th inf division wwii First Name :   Charles E. Fulp E-mail address :   cfulp3@triad.rr.com How did you hear about this site? :   Just searching the sites. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   This music is being played a lot these days for men like my father of WWII, the Korean Vets, and we guy of the Vietnam Era are starting to share the time with the guy in Iraq. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   Too many tears, too little time. First Name :   DeWayne E-mail address :   dkinney218@alltel.net How did you hear about this site? :   I receive the military.com news email Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   I really enjoyed this web site and it is put together quite well. Keep up the great work that you are doing. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Amy E-mail address :   rudygal2004@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   Through a search for veterans day. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   loved it! learned a lot! thanks Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Bryan E-mail address :   . How did you hear about this site? :   When they play it for last call Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   its a great site Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   dave E-mail address :   hdlbar1@sbcglobal.net How did you hear about this site? :   I receive a newsletter from military.com. There was an article about this site. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very interesting site. Its wonderful that a volunteer service such as this is offered to vets. I fully expect it will be used for me someday. Thanks!!!! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Ermelindo Feliciano E-mail address :   kimo_sabe64@hotmail.com How did you hear about this site? :   member of the honor guard in yauco puerto rico looking for information and found plenty Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   very helpful Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   iam looking to buy a digital bugle because i dont understand music and can play the real bugle and we have done 472 ceremonys with the boom box but i think is about time that we turn to something more realistic like the digital bugle all this in puerto ri First Name :   Neal E-mail address :   fredpig1@bak.rr.com How did you hear about this site? :   Googled it Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Thanx, I needed that!!! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I was raised an Army Brat by my 23 year Lt. Colonel father and used to be serenaded to bed every night with Taps from Fort Monroe, VA. He died in 75, and of course had the full military funeral, with gun salute et al. I cannot make it 12 notes in without First Name :   Mary E-mail address :   mhurd@usd343.org How did you hear about this site? :   from my sister Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Beautiful. I am sure that some day soon, I will be looking for a bugler for my fathers funeral. He is 80 years, totally patriotic, was in the military for 36 years, and taps will be what we want for his final resting. It will mean so much to my family to Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   John Walker E-mail address :   john8k524@sbcglobal.net How did you hear about this site? :   looked for it Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   enjoyed the history of taps. Heard it too many times as a police officer Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Carol E-mail address :   crose@asheboro.com How did you hear about this site? :   Accidentally. Looking up the history of TAPS for a Veteran day program. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very informative. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   My husband started the local Veterans Honor Guard and I have often accompanied him to the funerals. I still get chills and tears when I hear TAPS played even if I dont know the deceased.