"Twenty-Four Notes"

Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to render emotion than the call 'Taps'. The melody is both eloquent and haunting, and is unique to the United States military. It beckons us to remember patriots who served our country with honor and valor. It moves all who hear it.

"Lord of our lives, our hope in death, we cannot listen to Taps without our souls stirring. Its plaintive notes are a prayer in music -- of hope, of peace, of grief, of rest... Prepare us too, Lord, for our final bugle call when you summon us home. When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and death will be no more."

--From the invocation delivered by Chaplain (Colonel) Edward Brogan (USAF, Ret.) at the Taps Exhibit Opening Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, 28 May 1999

Listen to 'Taps' (mp3 file)

Today we remember that freedom isn't free.

-Jon
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