First Name :   Bruce Bothwell E-mail address :   bebdlk@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   internet, tapsbugler.com Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very informative site. Info I was looking for to add to my buglers notebook. Im a current BAA member. Retired Lt Col USAF & 534th AF Band enlisted years. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I played taps at my fathers funeral. I had to keep my mind on something that made me mad. After I finished my final note, then I broke down and wept like a child who had lost his father and security in life. First Name :   LARRY E-mail address :   ALCREATION@AOL.COM How did you hear about this site? :   AFTER HEARING TAPS AT PRES REAGAN FUNERAL I KNEW THAT WORD WERE ASSOCIATED WIT TAPS I SEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND THIS SIGHT AMONG OTHERS. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   INTERESTING Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Deffy E-mail address :   bdeffe@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   Just surfed in. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   I had the rate of Buglemster 3/c/ U.S. Navy during World War II. You dont PLAY Taps or other bugle calls. Bugle calls are SOUNDED Bugler...Sound TAPS Bugler SOUND Pay Call; Bugler SOUND SICK Call. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   Durubg World War II, I was a Buglemaster 3/c U. S. Navy. During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, our ship was sunk, my bugle along with my wifes picture went to the bottom of the Pacific along with our ship. I spent two days drifting in the Pacific before be First Name :   Tami E-mail address :   tamayle@adelphia.net How did you hear about this site? :   Just ran upon it looking for Taps protocol. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   This is a great, informative site! Very well put together! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   My son began playing Taps for events in Grafton, WV when he was in the 7th grade. I listened to him rehearse and rehearse so it would be perfect at WVs only National Cemetery here in Grafton. We consider it an honor when he is asked to play Taps for an ev First Name :   John E-mail address :   jackhager@comcast.net How did you hear about this site? :   E_Mail from a friend regarding President Reagen Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very well done. Inspiring!! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Raymond J. Pfister E-mail address :   raemonj@comcast.net How did you hear about this site? :   random surfing Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very informative on the many aspects of TAPS and bugling. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   My history as a Bugler The first time I played TAPS was for a WWI funeral when I was 13 years old. Over 25 years later, Ive performed the dutiful service close to 800 times for fallen comrades and fellow Veterans alike. Before being medically dischared f First Name :   Duncan E-mail address :   Duncanm@primus How did you hear about this site? :   I checked for Taps after President Regans funeral. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Taps is the most beautiful and sereen tribute to a fallen comrade. I never tire of hearing Taps and yesterdays tribute to President Reagan was perfect. Ready! aye Ready! Duncan McKeeve. God bless America,for she is land of the free and home of the BRAV Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Larry E-mail address :   larryhartman@peoplepc.com How did you hear about this site? :   Told by a friend. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Attention getting and commendable. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   bob E-mail address :   roxie12@alltel.net How did you hear about this site? :   ask jeeves Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   served in vietnam 34 years ago, to this day my eyes still water when I here taps. thanks Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Amanda E-mail address :   sahesson@att.net How did you hear about this site? :    Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Andrew E-mail address :   azaleahs@capital.net How did you hear about this site? :   searching for music for my two daughters to play. Julia (15) plays drums, trombone, keyboard, trumpet. Sarah (11) plays keyboard and french horn. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   had dificulty getting mp3 files. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Sherry E-mail address :   SNaquin54@peoplepc.net How did you hear about this site? :   It was sent to me by an officer that works with me who is Air Force Reserves. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Mechelle E-mail address :   shells_90_08@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   i heard about this site when reading in the newspaper and i came upon a section about Bugles Across America. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   i really enjoy any site that has any relation to playing trumpet. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   i got a call one day from a music teacher i had had in school the past year and he had wanted to know if i would play taps at the memorial day service in ava, illinois. i had never played taps before and i didnt even really know how it went or what notes First Name :   norman sheffield E-mail address :   n_sheffield@hotmail.com How did you hear about this site? :   american profile magz Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   thank you for thanking the Veteran Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   KENN HOWELL E-mail address :   SNAKEMAN@OPPCATV.COM How did you hear about this site? :   GOT A TEARJERKER E-MAIL ABOUT TAPS AND PUT MY SEARCH ENGINE TO WORK........ Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   FOUND THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE PROVIDED VERY INFORMATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL, AND I THANK YOU FOR IT......... Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   PLAYED TRUMPET THREE WEEKS FOR OUR HIGHSCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR AT SAMSON HIGH SCHOOL IN SAMSON, ALABAMA. COACH J.D. CHESTEEN SAID I COULD RUN FASTER AND THROW A BALL FARTHER THAN ANYONE HE HAD SEEN..I HAVE HAD SOMETHING BROKE EVER SINCE....... First Name :   Joe E-mail address :   joe.kenickjr@verizon.net How did you hear about this site? :   Sent my search engine hunting for funeral honors. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Glad there IS a site for buglers. Thanks!! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   Played TAPS (on a trumpet) as H.S. bandmember 5/30/54 and 5/30/55 Played TAPS on Bugle in the same services 5/31/04. First Name :   Jerry v Cook E-mail address :   dawn78@localnet.com How did you hear about this site? :   Found it one day when I was looking for something on the history of taps Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Its the best Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Sgt. Jim E-mail address :   sweetjim_99@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   Web Site Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Robert E-mail address :   rmcash@earthlink.net How did you hear about this site? :   Newspaper article Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very interesting Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   (done by e-mail) First Name :   Bob E-mail address :   maddyfamily@msn.com How did you hear about this site? :   I looked up taps on the internet. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   It gave me a more complete background. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Joseph E-mail address :   sgtstumpy@aol,com How did you hear about this site? :   read an item in local paper Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Awe inspiring,brings so many memories (an tears each time I play it) Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   While in USN back in 1942 I was honored to serve on a few burial details. I will never forget. First Name :   Lawrence E-mail address :   laubin@bigfoot.com How did you hear about this site? :   Surfing from the Arlington National Cemetery website. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Great site! Thanks! Being a Vietnam Veteran I know the importance of Taps. I get tears in my eyes still, every time I hear it played! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Bonnie E-mail address :   bonjbufd@wmconnect.com How did you hear about this site? :   from my son Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Very interesting article. Learned facts I had not heard of before Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Brent E-mail address :   dcc_229@hotmail.com How did you hear about this site? :   Just Looking Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Outstanding Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Dave E-mail address :   davegray@elroynet.com How did you hear about this site? :   From Google search Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Excellent, but have a question. What is the prorocol for the audience of Taps sounded at a church memorial service. Do they stand or remain seated. Does one hold their hand over heart? Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I was one of the group that got the Taps bill providing scholarship money for students in Wisconsin. First Name :   Marcos E-mail address :   gemmakb@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   Civil Air Patrol Major Sander Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   matt E-mail address :   kmfort@usol.com How did you hear about this site? :   Looking up taps and bugles used. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   I am just, learn how to play and can,t wait to get a good bugle. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Glen E-mail address :   clark_glen@hotmail.com How did you hear about this site? :    Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Kitty E-mail address :   info@artistopia.com How did you hear about this site? :    Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Cool site! Check us out also, at Artistopia.com, the ultimate music artist development network and community on the Web. Formalize your approach to the music industry and drastically increase your chances of getting the right record deal! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   david E-mail address :   ------------------------------------- How did you hear about this site? :   didnt Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   very informative some things i disagry with tho Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   im a trumpateer First Name :   Jim E-mail address :   diverdown626@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   Bugles Across America Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Great site. I read and heard several stories of families not being able to have military honors at funerals. All Veterans are entitled to at least 2 uniformed honor guards. Contact your local military reserve or active duty base as it is an honor to rende Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Joe E-mail address :   jmshort2@hotmail.com How did you hear about this site? :   Searching for Memorial observances in Washington DC Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   This sites tribute to the call Taps is very honoring to those that have served. My little boys all recognize the call and its importance. All should. There is no other melody that brings tears of pride like Taps. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Rodney E-mail address :   Rmanasco34@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   Newspaper Insert Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I had an uncle who served in Vietnam. When he passed away we requested that Taps be played at his funeral. We were told that then President Clinton had done away with this procedure. I felt ashamed that an elected official would deny a Veteran this honor First Name :   Roy E-mail address :   K1073C@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   Just Looking for a recording. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Jennifer E-mail address :   snanney@afo.net How did you hear about this site? :   I read about this site in an article in American Profile magazine. Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   K E-mail address :   kathy.gemma@arnold.af.mil How did you hear about this site? :   One of our officers in the Civil Air Patrol (Aux of US Air Force) Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   I am in the Civil Air Patrol (Aux of US Air Force) and my 12yr old son and my 13yr old son are also cadets in the CAP. My 12yr old plays the trombone and taught himself to play taps on the trombone. Since my brother US Army passed away several years a Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Terry A. Miles, USN-Ret E-mail address :   twmiles@cableone.net How did you hear about this site? :   google search Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Fantastic site, thanks Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   William Logue E-mail address :   bill.logue@ weyerhaeuser.com How did you hear about this site? :   from insert article in daily newspaper Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Angela E-mail address :   angbrook@bellsouth.net How did you hear about this site? :   I read about it in a weekly newspaper Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   WONDERFUL !! Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   I went to my uncles funeral at Fort Campbell KY and it was the most honored one I have ever been too ! First Name :   Alethea E-mail address :   hillbillea@spinn.net How did you hear about this site? :   Friend and newspaper Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :    Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Mary E-mail address :   Mycolt92@aol.com How did you hear about this site? :   Local newspaper supplement,American Profile, had story on Bugles Across America with this web site listed Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Ny husband asked me to log on to see it and found it to be very interesting! He is on local burial squad for the AL and VFW. Thanks Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Beverly E-mail address :   oat@freeway.net How did you hear about this site? :   I followed up from a site www.usmemorialday.org/observe.htm Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   I appreciate it. Thank you for keeping things in rememberance. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :    First Name :   Jack E-mail address :   cjackaroo2000@yahoo.com How did you hear about this site? :   American Profile Insert to local newspaper Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Information on TAPS is very important. Am retired Major from US Army and very active in veterans affairs to include our Honor Guard. Would not miss a veterans funeral unless sick myself. TAPS gives the dignity deserved by the vet who has passed. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :   We always try for live bugler when one is available. We also have the new bugle with player in cone - not bad though. First Name :   Henry E-mail address :   htwingate@hotmail.com How did you hear about this site? :   Google Comments on this site (limit 250 characters) :   Interested in determining origin of TAPS and verses. Share your bugle-related stories (or e-mail us) :