THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
COMMEMORATION OF TAPS
AT
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
MAY 19, 2012
10 AM-12 noon

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Taps 150 will commemorate the 150^th Anniversary of Taps, our National Song of Remembrance, in the Old Amphitheater (near the Lee Mansion) at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Virginia on Saturday May 19, 2012. The event is sponsored by TAPS 150, Bugles Across America and Arlington National Cemetery

All buglers are welcome to attend the ceremony and perform Taps in Arlington, our nation’s most sacred ground.

MAP OF ARLINGTON

You can download the map of ARLINGTON HERE

We are honored to have Mr. Tom Day, founder of
Bugles Across America
who will be in attendance for the event!

 

Video from the 2007 Echo Taps Event at Arlington

 

Tentative Schedule:
(subject to change)
0900-1000 Registration/sign in of participants
1030-1115 Ceremony in the Old Amphitheater
1115-1130 Massed playing in the Old Amphitheater
1130-1150 Buglers move to designated locations in the cemetery
1200 All Buglers sound Taps following the Noon Chimes
1215 Return to the Old Amphitheater for photos and massed Taps

A wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns will take place TBA

Our purpose, also, is to heighten awareness of the need for live buglers to sound Taps at veteran’s funerals, honor those who have served with a musical performance of Taps, and foster a new generation of buglers.

All participants will be required to register at www.taps150.org Buglers will be able to choose where they would like to sound Taps in the Cemetery. Registration is free but mandatory.

You may sound Taps on a B Flat or G Bugle, a trumpet or a cornet.
The massed sounding of Taps at the Amphitheater will be in B Flat.

Dress: Military Uniform, Bugles Across America Official Uniform, CAP uniform, Veteran Service Organization uniform, Boy Scout uniform, or dark suit is acceptable. Civil War re-enactors are encouraged to wear their uniforms.

Program Coordinator: Mr. Jari Villanueva, Bugle historian, military bugler

If you have questions please contact Jari

Contact Information: CLICK HERE TO EMAIL JARI

 

Program for the ceremony will be announced

Following the ceremony, buglers will move to designated locations throughout the cemetery and sound Taps at the conclusion of the chimes at twelve noon.
You may pick a specific location (a grave of a loved one) or a monument in the cemtery or a specific location.

Locations include (this is not a complete list):
The Civil War Tomb of the Unknowns
Spanish American War Monument
Arlington House
General Pershing’s Grave
The USS Maine Memorial
The Confederate Memorial
Argonne Cross
General Miles Grave
Pan-Am Flight 103 Memorial
Glenn Miller marker
Rough Riders Memorial
John Cook’s Grave (Bugler and Medal of Honor Recipient)
Frank Whitchey’s Grave (bugler for WWI Unknown Soldier ceremony)
Keith Clark’s Grave (Bugler at JFK’s funeral)
Nurse’s Memorial
McClellan Gate
The 9-11 Memorial
The Coast Guard Memorial
The Memorial Gate
82nd Airborne Memorial

Here is a list of even more! http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/memorials.htm

Only Active Duty Military Buglers assigned to the bands in
Washington DC are allowed to sound Taps at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Register for a chance to
sound Taps in America’s most sacred grounds!

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