The gentleman who's funeral I played today was Jeff Hoggarg USMC. How providencial that I would use a picture of a Marine saluting the flag. Other than playing TAPS, I was completely uninvolved with the funeral, but I was honored to be able to give a live bugler to one of our vetrans. Many funerals for our vetrans no longer have live buglers, but instead have tape recordings or MP3 players that look like bugles.
I belong to a group, Bugles Across America ,who is trying its best to put an end to the use of electronic devices to play TAPS. Our men and women deserve to have a real, live person, and this is the mission of BAA.
You can help provide real people to play by letting funeral homes, VFW's, civic groups, and even active military peoples and posts know of BAA. You can also help by telling people who know how to play bugle (trumpet, french horn, euphonium, etc.) about BAA. Let's do our best to put a live bugler at every military funeral. Our men and women deserve the best.
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That is so awesome. What an honor to be able to provide your time and energy to these families who have lost a loved one. We need to be more involved and realize these are real people sacrificing their lives for us. The least we can do is give them a live bugler.
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