THE LAST POSTS is a remarkably moving piece of music for a bugle call. It too evokes much emotion in hearing it played.
I have attended British military funerals and I was quite struck by the tune. Were I not American by birth and service I would be certain to have that played when they bury me.
Taps, the military honors, and the three volleys of seven riflemen mean a great deal to me. I know they will mean a great deal to my family as they did all the more so to me when the Marines buried my dad. I have attended and participated in many more military funerals than I care to recall. Of them all I can honestly say that my dad got the best one I ever saw - and rightfully so.
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"Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to-be respected arguments of the rights of kings."
- Frederick the Great, King of Prussia
