TAPS is a high musical moan, part love song, part hymn. Composed in battle by a Civil War general to order lights-out, it also signaled that all was well: the day is over, you are safe, now rest. So ...
The solemn U.S. military bugle call "Taps" originated with a Union Army father finding the melody written on paper in the pocket of his deceased Confederate soldier son. Rating: False (About this ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Memorial Day was commemorated in Gettysburg with the start of the ninth annual "100 Nights of Taps" to honor the more-than 23,000 Union soldiers who died on the battlefield during ...