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The final bugle call of the day on military installations, Taps is played at military bases as a signal to service members that it is quiet time or “lights out”. The time varies between branches and individual bases: either 21:00, 22:00, or 23:00 (9, 10, or 11pm).
Keith Collar Clark (November 21, 1927 – January 11, 2002) [2] was a bugler in the United States Army who played the call "Taps" at the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. He misplayed the sixth note, and to many this mistake was a poignant symbol of the American nation in mourning. [ 3 ]
"Taps", the United States Armed Forces equivalent "Der gute Kamerad" ("The good Comrade"), the German and Austrian equivalent for military funerals "Il Silenzio" ("Silence"), the Italian equivalent "La muerte no es el final" ("Death is not the end"), the Spanish Armed Forces equivalent "Reveille", the bugle call sounded at sunrise "The Rouse"
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A lone bugler plays Taps during a military funeral held at Arlington National Cemetery for former U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger. The Unknown Soldier from World War I arriving at the Washington Navy Yard, circa 1921 . Military rites are honors presented at a funeral for a member of a military or police force.
A single bugler performing "Taps" is traditionally used to give graveside honors to the deceased (the U.S. Army specifically prohibits the use of "Echo Taps").Title 10 of the United States Code establishes that funerals for veterans of the U.S. military shall "at a minimum, perform at the funeral a ceremony that includes the folding of a United States flag and presentation of the flag to the ...
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