Taps Across America
3 pm local time on Memorial Day
It has become a tradition in America to play Taps on Memorial Day in remembrance of those who died in service to our country.
Stay tuned for details of Taps Across America in 2023.
May 30, 2022, 3 pm: Taps Across America performed by Annie Loss, a senior at the Brainerd High School.
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May 31, 2021, Memorial Day. Taps Across America at 3 pm at the All-Veterans Memorial in Brainerd.
Taps with echo. (l-r) Brainerd VFW Commander Chip Borle and Charlie Johnson, a retired Pillager School teacher. |
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Monday, May 25, 2020, 3 pm: The Brainerd VFW participated in Taps Across America, a national movement to play Taps in remembrance of those who died fighting for freedom. This 24-note bugle call was performed by Brainerd VFW Commander Chip Borle (on the right) with Taps echo by Charlie Johnson of Brainerd (on the left). Chip is an Iraq War veteran. Charlie is a retired Pillager, MN, band teacher. He had three uncles in WWII, one of them died. Another, a Navy man, died in Vietnam. See the video and audio at:
https://www.facebook.com/brainerdmemorialdaycommittee/videos/1112790755773951
https://www.facebook.com/brainerdmemorialdaycommittee/videos/1112790755773951