Updates and News: 9/28/08
New Links by recommendation of the legendary Jari Villanueva,
Director, Maryland National Guard Honor Guard
Veterans Affairs, Military Department
TapsBugler
http://www.tapsbugler.com/index.html
Maryland National Guard Honor Guard
http://www.mdmildep.org/FuneralProgram/
Updates and News: 8/28/08
End of Summer 2008:
Special thanks to:
Drum Corps Associates member organizations who contributed to this (ongoing) project:
-Empire Statesmen
- Erie Thunderbirds
- Mighty St. Joe's
- Prime Time Brass
- Ghost Riders
- Rochester Crusaders
- Manchester,NH Muchachos
- Amoskeag, NH Sound
And to the individuals who have provided support and advice over the past several months:
Jeff Gibbens
William McGrath, Jr.
Tom Day
Tom Clark
Harold Petrone
David Seeley
James Steele
Dick Pronti
Frank Ponzo
April Min
James Allen
Donald Allen
Mike Palmquist
Al Murray
Brian Wilt
Vincent McIntyre
Chris Castellon
Mike Linton
And the John Powers for Congress organization
Updates and News: 7/13/08
Last weekend an old friend asked:
"What does it mean to be part of OperationTaps?"
Click the link to read my response.
Updates and News: 6/20/08
Remember:
Every day is Memorial Day for 1500 - 1800 families around the country.
According to the US Dept of Veteran Affairs:
23.8 Million living US Vets
Average age of WWII Vets: 84
Average age of Korean War Vets: 76
Average age of Vietnam Vets: 60
It is estimated that there will be 686,000 deaths of veterans eligible for a full Military Honors Funeral this year.
Active Military Buglers: 500
New total for Operation Taps participants: 123 Military Honors Funeral Services.
Learn more about the The Veteran's History Project
Updates and News:
Memorial Day 2008
Thank you to all the Civilian Bugler Volunteers who have helped get OperationTaps off the ground.
Updates and News: 5/20/08
Required reading during the Memorial Day season:
"It Is The Soldier" published with permission of Poet Charles Province of the Patton Society
Listing of OperationTaps Units and their activities for Memorial Week.
Updates and News: 4/30/08
New Story of Service: Ryan Codd, brass player for the Empire Statesmen and the Mighty St. Joe's who exemplifies the true spirit of the OperationTaps project.
Updates and News: 4/24/08
Changes to the OperationTaps web site:
Important message from Bill McGrath, Jr. member of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame, as well as member of various Percussion related Halls of Fame and one of the most respected musicians, instructors, and contributors in the marching music activity.
Bill's message will be distributed to every veterans group, and should be part of every participating unit's presentation to their community.
Updates and News: 4/20/08
I will no longer list unit by unit results of the DCA Challenge; just a listing of units by state for anyone interested in contacting a particpating corps.
Read more about the progress of the project.
As always, I want to thank all the units and individuals involved in this project.
Tom Allen, OperationTaps
Updates and News: 3/25/08
New!!! Stories of Service Page
We're always looking for input from people and organizations that have successfully filled the gap between Veterans, their Families, and the Brass playing community.
Updates and News: 3/05/08
!!! New Participating Unit !!!!
Welcome to the Manchester, NH Muchachos, the parent corps of MCA and DCA Mini-Corps participant, The Amoskeag Sound
Updates and News: 2/14/08
More and more organizations have reported on their involvement -
Empire Statesmen, Mighty St. Joe's, Rochester Crusaders, Prime Time Brass, Ghost Riders, and Syracuse Brigadiers. AND as of February 11... The Erie Thunderbirds!!!
Updates and News: 2/1/08
The Mighty St. Joe's Alumni Corps from WNY have decided to create a flyer that can be distributed to all the veterans organizations and funeral homes.
Here's a downloadable copy of that flyer.
OperationTaps Flyer
Feel free to download it, put your group's information on it and and use in your area!
Tom Allen, OperationTaps
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