MetaFilter posts tagged with taps

Memorial Day Bugle Post

snsranch — Fri, 25 May 2007 18:34:39 -0800

In honor of Memorial Day, the music teacher at my wife's school played TAPS. Find out what they mean while listening to them: The U.S. Army Bugle Calls. In memorium. (not an add for the army or the current "war" or any other political thing.

Cyber-funeral

Balisong — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:12:16 -0800

What's worse than not having enough soldiers to fight your war? Not enough buglers to play "taps" at their funerals. Good thing the military has come up with a solution. It's the thought that counts, I guess.

Bush tapping journalists?

specialk420 — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:05:44 -0800

Bush tapping journalists?
“As reported below, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell – based on some information she clearly hasn’t yet made public – is asking if Bush specifically wiretapped CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. The fact that the question was asked so publicly and so specifically means that Mitchell knows something.”

Last Post

orthogonality — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:03:23 -0800

The Last Post, a military bugle call marking the end of the day, was originally sounded to call off-duty soldiers to barracks; later it was also incorporated into British and Commonwealth military funeral services (analogous to the playing of Taps for US military dead) and "symbolises that the duty of the dead is over and that they can rest in peace." It's perhaps as fitting as "Auld Lang Syne" at the close of year 2005.

In Memoriam

mr_roboto — Mon, 31 May 2004 22:31:52 -0800

Taps: Sometimes broken, recently auto mated; an American melody.