Upcoming Events

  • The National Salute – 2023

    The National Salute is a means to show our deep respect for our Unknown Soldiers buried in the plaza of the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery and all veterans.


Ongoing Events

  • HONORING THE DOUGHBOYS

    HONORING THE DOUGHBOYS

    At 5 pm each day, Taps is sounded by a bugler at the National WW1 Memorial to honor the memory of 4.7 million Americans who finished a fight they did not start, in a land they had never visited, for peace and liberty for people they did not know.


Past Events

  • Arturo Sandoval Sounds Taps

    For Immediate Release. February 23, 2023 The Doughboy Foundation along with Taps For Veterans is excited to announce that Internationally known Cuban-American Jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval will perform Taps at the National WWI Memorial in Washington DC at 5 PM on Saturday February 25, 2023. While living in his native Cuba, Arturo Sandoval was influenced …

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  • Taps Across America – 2023

    Taps Across America

    Taps Across America is an annual event that asks Americans, wherever they are at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, to pause for a duration of one minute to remember those who have died in military service to the United States.

  • The National Salute 2022

    Register your intention to honor our veterans by sounding Taps during The National Salute.

  • Bugler Summit – 2022

    Come join us at the Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, Virginia, where General Daniel Butterfield composed “Taps.”

  • GETTYSBURG BRASS BAND FESTIVAL TAPS TRIBUTE

    Saturday June 11 8:30 pm We invite buglers to sound Taps on the Gettysburg Battlefield at 8:30 pm Buglers will be recognized at 5 pm at the Festival and you are invited to the 7 pm sounding of Taps at the 100 Nights of Taps in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. For those who attend, you …

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  • Taps Across America 2022

    Taps Across America

    Taps Across America is an annual event that asks Americans, wherever they are at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, to pause for a duration of one minute to remember those who have died in military service to the United States.