U.S. Army - The melancholy bugle call known as Taps is played to accompany the lowering of the flag, to signal the “lights-out” command at day's end, and at burial and memorial
![A U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Taps during the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 25th Anniversary Reading of Names in Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2007. The bugler played before the reading of the names began. A U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Taps during the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 25th Anniversary Reading of Names in Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2007. The bugler played before the reading of the names began.](https://media.defense.gov/2007/Nov/08/2001146311/-1/-1/0/414141-O-IIY68-791.jpg)
A U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Taps during the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 25th Anniversary Reading of Names in Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2007. The bugler played before the reading of the names began.
![He plays Taps each day to honor veterans. And a gold ring tells the horrors of WWII. - The Citadel Today He plays Taps each day to honor veterans. And a gold ring tells the horrors of WWII. - The Citadel Today](https://today.citadel.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/taps.jpg)