Elmer Hayes of Wisconsin first learned how to play as a favor for a teacher. — -- For decades, trumpet player Elmer Hayes has been honoring fallen service members with taps. Hayes, 91, knows the ...

SHAVERTOWN — Renowned trumpet player Bobby Baird of Shavertown participated in “Taps Across America” on Memorial Day, playing the tribute to America’s fallen heroes on his front porch. Jim Kupstas, ...

Chris Gekker stepped up to the flag flying at half-staff, trumpet tucked against a borrowed wool uniform. Before him was the World War I Memorial and its lines of poetry on a granite wall. We were ...

Playing the trumpet has enabled Bob Altomondo to meet President John F. Kennedy, travel the world and, on Monday afternoon, entertain his neighbors and honor veterans. Altomondo, 75, invited the Sun ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — People throughout KELOLAND participated in Taps Across America for Memorial Day this year. It’s a national event on the day of remembrance where people play Taps during the ...

May 25—CHAMPAIGN — Music has always been a big part of Logan Parks' life. Singing Disney songs and taking piano lessons as a kid kick-started a path for the 2021 Champaign Central graduate to excel as ...

As Memorial Day ceremonies take place at Fort Logan National Cemetery, there's one man that's honoring the fallen in his own way. It's a way many soldiers have never been honored before. For eight ...

Renowned trumpet player Bobby Baird, 91, of Shavertown, played a few more patriotic songs after he sounded ‘Taps’ Monday as part of ‘Taps Across America,’ an international event to honor fallen war ...