Taps Across America

Taps Across America TAPS ACROSS AMERICA
The National Moment of Remembrance
Memorial Day 3 pm

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

05/24/2026

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We are less than 24Hours before Taps Across America 2026! If you have not registered yet, there is still time. www.tap...
05/24/2026

We are less than 24Hours before Taps Across America 2026! If you have not registered yet, there is still time. www.tapsacrossamerica.org

🎺 Why 3:00 PM? And what if I can’t make that time?We’ve received a lot of emails asking why Taps Across America takes pl...
05/21/2026

🎺 Why 3:00 PM? And what if I can’t make that time?

We’ve received a lot of emails asking why Taps Across America takes place at 3:00 PM local time.

The answer is simple: In 2000, Congress established the National Moment of Remembrance, encouraging all Americans to pause at 3:00 PM local time for one minute of silence in honor of those who gave their lives in service to our nation.

That is why we choose 3:00 PM.

But please hear this clearly:

3:00 PM is a suggestion — not a barrier.

We understand that many people are working, traveling, attending family gatherings, playing concerts, or honoring Memorial Day in other ways.

So if 3:00 PM does not work for you, please participate at the time that does.

Sound Taps in the morning.
Sound Taps in the evening.
Sound Taps at a cemetery, a memorial, your front porch, your church, your town green, or wherever your heart leads you.

Because this is about more than the clock.

It is about the moment.
It is about remembrance.
It is about pausing as a nation to honor those who never came home.

This Memorial Day, join us for Taps Across America 2026.

250 Years. 24 Notes. One Nation.

Register today and be part of this national tribute:
👉 https://www.tapsacrossamerica.org

🚨 URGENT CALL FOR VOLUNTEER BUGLERS/TRUMPETERS 🚨We are down to our final 3 open locations for the Taps Across America 20...
05/01/2026

🚨 URGENT CALL FOR VOLUNTEER BUGLERS/TRUMPETERS 🚨
We are down to our final 3 open locations for the Taps Across America 2026 Memorial Day Service at Fleet Farm — and we need your help.

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 25 at 3:00 PM local time, musicians across the nation will pause to sound Taps in honor of America’s fallen heroes.

We are still looking for a volunteer trumpet player or bugler at these Fleet Farm locations:
🎺 Cedar Falls, IA
🎺 Clintonville, WI
🎺 Marshfield, WI

This is a high-profile opportunity to take part in a meaningful national tribute — a moment of remembrance, honor, and unity as we mark 250 Years, 24 Notes, One Nation.
If you can help, or if you know a trumpet player or bugler in one of these areas, please reach out right away: 📧 [email protected]

Let’s make sure every location is covered and every hero is remembered.

Memorial Day is coming. The call is clear. Will you answer it?

⚠️ FINAL WEEKEND TO ORDER SHIRTS! 🇺🇸🎺The Taps Across America 2026 shirt store closes this weekend — and when it closes, ...
05/01/2026

⚠️ FINAL WEEKEND TO ORDER SHIRTS! 🇺🇸🎺

The Taps Across America 2026 shirt store closes this weekend — and when it closes, it’s gone.
Grab your shirts, pins, patches, challenge coins, and commemorative items now and wear your support proudly this Memorial Day.

Every purchase helps support Taps for Veterans and our mission to honor America’s veterans with a live sounding of Taps.
Shop now: https://www.tapsforveterans.org/store/

Don’t wait. Honor the fallen. Wear the mission.

⏳ Time is running out to wear your remembrance. 🇺🇸🎺All items will be shipped in time for Memorial Day!The Taps Across Am...
04/23/2026

⏳ Time is running out to wear your remembrance. 🇺🇸🎺
All items will be shipped in time for Memorial Day!

The Taps Across America 2026 online store is only open until May 1, 2026—and once it closes, this special merchandise will be gone. 👉 Shop now: https://www.tapsforveterans.org/store/

This is your chance to pick up exclusive Taps Across America 2026 merchandise and proudly support a mission rooted in honor, remembrance, and service.

From shirts for men and women in a variety of sizes and colors to pins, patches, challenge coins, and commemorative items, there is something meaningful for everyone. Even better, all orders will ship in time to arrive before Memorial Day.

Every purchase helps support Taps for Veterans and the work we do to ensure our nation’s veterans are honored with the dignity they deserve through a live sounding of Taps. It also helps us continue meaningful programs like Taps Across America , bringing people together across the country in remembrance of those who gave all.

These are more than just items.
They are a way to stand with the mission, honor the fallen, and carry the sound of remembrance forward.
Don’t wait. Order before May 1.

Support the mission. Honor the fallen. Wear the remembrance.

Honoring Donald “Rick” TurpleWe were heartbroken but honored to get the following message from Dave Turple on Memorial D...
06/01/2025

Honoring Donald “Rick” Turple

We were heartbroken but honored to get the following message from Dave Turple on Memorial Day morning of the passing of his brother Donald. While a tragic loss for a beautiful family, it speaks to the power of the bugle call Taps, the brotherhood of our military and what Taps Across America means to the community.

Today, amidst the thousands who sounded Taps for Taps Across America, one note in particular echoed with the deepest kind of love and loss.

A brother, a veteran, a best friend—Donald Richard "Rick" Turple passed away this very morning at 6:00 AM in Los Angeles. Just hours later, his younger brother Dave stood tall and sounded Taps in his honor—a final tribute to a life of service, family, and enduring brotherhood.

Rick served in the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1962. After graduating high school in a small Michigan town, he trained at Lackland AFB and Keesler AFB before being stationed at RAF Bentwaters in England. He served with distinction, traveled across Europe, and made memories that would last a lifetime—though his father had to nudge him now and then to write home!

After his service, Rick moved to California where he began a new chapter. His brother soon followed, and together they built lives and careers in the aerospace industry, side by side. Rick even stood as best man at his brother’s wedding—a testament to their bond.

Rick’s final resting place will be at the National Cemetery in Riverside, California. But today, his brother honored him the best way he knew how—with the haunting 24 notes of Taps, played not just as a bugler, but as a brother.

May we all carry the legacy of service and family that Rick lived so fully.
Rest easy, Rick. You are remembered, honored, and deeply loved.

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