With Memorial Day Weekend upon us, Please take some time with your family and loved ones, (preferably the younger generation), to reflect upon and REMEMBER all those brave men and women who gave their lives for this Country so we could all be free and enjoy the FREEDOMS we have today.
Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!
It’s a simple and yet heart-rending melody.
It is only 24 notes long.
It always puts a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye.
It will also cause me to weep unashamed.
It is only 24 notes long.
It always puts a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye.
It will also cause me to weep unashamed.
Most people have heard “Taps”, even if they don’t recall the name.
Most people, also, know no history of the famous song.
After the Seven Days Battle in July, 1862, General Dan Butterfield and bugler Oliver Wilcox Norton reworked a bugle call known as “Scott Tattoo” to create “Taps.”
“Taps” was first used during the Peninsular Campaign of 1862 when a gunner from Battery “A” of the second artillery was buried.
As the battery was in a forward wooded area close to the Confederate lines, the traditional three-shot volley was unsafe as it would have given the enemy a good idea of where the battery was located.
Captain Tidball…
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