Taps for Veterans

Taps for Veterans Contact us: [email protected] Sounded every day in Veterans cemeteries around the world — a haunting but distinctive American melody.

Connecting volunteer buglers with families and organizations across America, bringing those 24 notes of Taps to life—notes that speak of gratitude, service, and love of country. Only 24 notes — but whose clear, sad tones conjure up memories of loved ones lost, instill hope, and bring comfort and peace to the families and communities of those whom have served with honor. It’s the song that gives us

a lump in our throats, and brings tears to our eyes…

Sadly, the legacy of Taps’ honorable performance is in jeopardy. TAPS FOR VETERANS provides an opportunity for buglers or trumpet players to sound Taps for military veteran’s funerals and ceremonies. With the military unable to provide live buglers for every military funeral and ceremony, TAPS FOR VETERANS is assisting to help provide that much needed service. TAPS FOR VETERANS is an organization led by former military musicians and active and retired military veterans who acutely understand the importance of properly sounding Taps, our “National Song of Remembrance” as a way of expressing the nation’s gratitude for a veteran’s service.

🇺🇸🎺 YOU DID IT!After reviewing registrations and the many events held across the country in honor of Taps Across Ameri...
05/31/2026

🇺🇸🎺 YOU DID IT!

After reviewing registrations and the many events held across the country in honor of Taps Across America, we are proud — and deeply humbled — to share that this was our biggest year yet.

More than 11,000 participants took part in this year’s national tribute.

From front porches and town greens to veterans’ memorials, cemeteries, shorelines, parks, and community gatherings across America — people paused to remember. They lifted their instruments, bowed their heads, and helped carry those sacred 24 notes across the nation.

This was more than an event.
It was a movement of remembrance.

To every musician, family, volunteer, community organization, veteran service group, partner, and supporter who helped make this possible — thank you.

Because of you, America paused.
Because of you, our fallen heroes were honored.
Because of you, the sound of Taps rose from coast to coast as one nation remembered.

250 Years. 24 Notes. One Nation.
We are grateful beyond words — and we are just getting started.

Taps Across the Water Events
Memorial Taps
Taps Bugler
Taps for Veterans
Taps Across America - 2026
Dani Masterson- 500 Nights of TAPS

🎺 You do not have to be a veteran to honor one.One of the most common questions we hear at Taps for Veterans is: “Do I n...
05/30/2026

🎺 You do not have to be a veteran to honor one.

One of the most common questions we hear at Taps for Veterans is: “Do I need to have served in the military to volunteer?”

The answer is simple: No.

While many of our volunteers are veterans, many are not. They are musicians, students, teachers, retirees, community band members, Scout buglers, professional players, and everyday Americans who believe that a veteran’s final tribute should be sounded live, with dignity and care.

At Taps for Veterans, our mission is rooted in service — but it is open to anyone with the heart to serve.

If you can sound Taps with reverence, respect, and purpose, there is a place for you in this mission.

Because those 24 notes are more than music.

They are gratitude. They are remembrance.
They are a final promise kept.

Join us. Help us ensure every veteran receives the live sounding of Taps they deserve.

🎺 Learn more or volunteer today:
www.tapsforveterans.org

Taps for Veterans
24 Notes. One Final Promise.

24 Notes. One Final Promise. 🎺🇺🇸Without your help, we cannot succeed.With your help, we cannot fail.As we reflect and re...
05/28/2026

24 Notes. One Final Promise. 🎺🇺🇸

Without your help, we cannot succeed.
With your help, we cannot fail.

As we reflect and regroup after a long Memorial Day weekend, we want to offer our sincere gratitude to every Taps for Veterans volunteer who gave their time, their talent, and their heart in service to our mission.

Whether you sounded those 24 notes on a quiet street corner, in a cemetery, at a memorial, or before a gathering of family and friends — you made a difference.

You reminded America that remembrance is not just something we say. It is something we do.

And through the live sounding of Taps, you helped ensure that our fallen and our veterans were honored with dignity, reverence, and the respect they earned.

But as President Abraham Lincoln once said, “Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.”

And so, our mission continues.

Every day, families across the country are requesting a live sounding of Taps to honor a loved one who served. That is why Taps for Veterans exists — to make sure no veteran’s final farewell is met with silence or a recording, but with the solemn, human tribute of live Taps.

We need your help to carry this promise forward.

If you are a bugler or trumpeter, please consider volunteering with Taps for Veterans.

👉 www.TapsForVeterans.org

24 Notes. One Final Promise.
Taps Across America 🇺🇸





Please wish our NY State Director Russ Ebersole a HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎊🎁🎉🎈🎂 What did you do on your birthday 🎉….If you are Ru...
05/27/2026

Please wish our NY State Director Russ Ebersole a HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎊🎁🎉🎈🎂
What did you do on your birthday 🎉….
If you are Russ, you attend the International Trumpet Guild (Official) and help spread the word about our mission!

Memorial Day may be behind us on the calendar, but our duty to remember must never fade.For the families who have said...
05/27/2026

Memorial Day may be behind us on the calendar, but our duty to remember must never fade.

For the families who have said goodbye…
For the veterans who stood watch for our nation…
For the heroes whose stories live on in folded flags, quiet cemeteries, and grateful hearts…

Our mission continues.

At Taps for Veterans, we believe every veteran deserves the dignity of a live sounding of Taps — not just on Memorial Day, but every day a final farewell is needed.

Because those 24 notes are more than music. 🎶They are gratitude.They are remembrance.They are a final salute. 24 Notes. ☝️ One Final Promise.

Help us keep that promise alive.
www.tapsforveterans.org

THANK YOU 🙏 TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATEDTaps Across America 🇺🇸 2026 was a huge success and we have all of you to thank....
05/26/2026

THANK YOU 🙏 TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED

Taps Across America 🇺🇸 2026 was a huge success and we have all of you to thank. Registration will remain open today for those last minute participants and we encourage you to post your pictures and videos! We are responding to all the emails within the next few days and packaging all the orders from our online store to be sent out. We have not tallied the total participants yet, but it looks like it could be the biggest year yet! Again, thank you for making this years event special. Semper Fi. Mark Paradis | Taps for Veterans

The American Legion National Headquarters
American Legion Auxiliary National Headquarters
Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center
Taps Bugler
Jari Villanueva
Big Nick's Ride for the Fallen

🎺 Heading to the International Trumpet Guild Conference at the Eastman School of Music? Come say hello!Taps for Veterans...
05/26/2026

🎺 Heading to the International Trumpet Guild Conference at the Eastman School of Music? Come say hello!

Taps for Veterans will be at the International Trumpet Guild (Official) Conference from Wednesday, May 27 through Saturday, May 30, and we would love to meet you.

You can find us in the:
📍 Main Eastman Building
📍 4th Floor — Room 442

Stop by, say hello, learn more about our mission, and discover how you can help ensure every veteran receives the dignity of a live sounding of Taps.

Maybe you’ll even audition to join our nationwide network of volunteer buglers — or pick up some cool Taps for Veterans swag while you’re there!

Whether you’re a student, educator, performer, veteran, or simply someone who believes in honoring those who served, we hope you’ll come by and visit.

24 Notes. One Final Promise. 🇺🇸🎺
Taps Across America 🇺🇸
Taps Bugler
Jari Villanueva
Mark Paradis

Let us remember what Memorial Day truly is.It is not a celebration. It is a sacred pause.Memorial Day is a solemn remin...
05/25/2026

Let us remember what Memorial Day truly is.

It is not a celebration. It is a sacred pause.

Memorial Day is a solemn reminder that our freedom was bought with the lives of men and women who wore the uniform — and never came home. Behind every flag, every folded uniform, every name etched in stone, there is a story. A family. A sacrifice. A final act of service to this nation.

As you see the flag flying…
As you place flowers at a grave…
As you hear those 24 notes of Taps rise into the air…
Remember why this day matters.

President Calvin Coolidge once said:
“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”

This Memorial Day, let us pause not simply to enjoy our freedom, but to remember those who made it possible.

We are free because of the brave. Let us never forget. 🇺🇸

Taps for Veterans
Taps Across America

05/24/2026

We are less than 24 hours till Taps Across America 🇺🇸
Register in the link below 👇

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124 Maiden Choice Lane
Baltimore, MD
21228

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(908) 672-8055

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