mpolds

After they got done with the "reading of the names", they played my LEAST favorite music EVER..... It has no words, always chokes me up, and I absolutely hate hearing it played....
TAPS.

For the 19th straight year on September 11th, I am man enough to admit I shed some more tears......

"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941.... A day that will live in infamy."... And September 11th, 2001 have to be the darkest days in United States history....

God Bless us all... To a better tomorrow..... Let's keep America Great !!!!!

4+4+2=10

Agree...there is just something arresting about a lone bugle slowly playing TAPS that chokes me up too. The finality of mortal life here on earth really soaks in at that point..

tc.

lshlsh2

I never been able to keep my eyes dry either.

69CSHC

Absolutely !



Just taken a few moments ago.

God Bless the United States of America.

tru-blue 442

Never forget.

Tedd Thompson

My sediments exactly. Taps will choke me up faster than anything, let us never forget..... Tedd

oldcutlass

Same here, my only hope is that this feeling although sad lives on with future generations. The day its lost so is our country.

On a personal note, bagpipes playing at a funeral also bring a tear or 2.

edzolz

Back when I was a mere child, one of my Christmas gifts from Santa was a "Little Golden Trumpet". Naturally the first thing learned to play was Taps. My grandmother finally had enough because my uncle, Dads brother, was a WWII B17 copilot and was shot down over Germany. When they had his funeral naturally they played Taps and it would really upset her every time she heard it. My dad took my trumpet away until we went home after Christmas.

AJFink

For me its Amazing Grace done with the bag pipes, and what I want at my memorial.

mpolds

Amazing Grace can sure be a tear-jerker, but at least it is a beautiful song if sung correctly.
It is a great song for a memorial....

For me, TAPS, just means Death.....

But, I am with you... Both are still clearly on the somber side, for sure.....