Day is Done - Gone the Sun

by Marilyn DeBlock

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Day is Done - Gone the Sun

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Marilyn DeBlock

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This setting sun over the James River at Historic Wilcox Neck in Charles City, Virginia, reminded me of the words to Taps that I remember singing as a young girl scout many, many years ago. The Taps bugle call was actually created about a mile up river from where this photo was taken at Harrison's Landing. More information about that here:

"Many believe Taps is a song, but officially it's not. Taps is a bugle call which is a signal, not a song so there are no "official" Taps Lyrics as well. The signal was also known as the Drum Taps, The Taps, or in soldiers' slang: Taps.

The official military Taps is played by a single bugle or trumpet at dusk, during flag ceremonies and at military funerals by the United States Armed Forces. The duration is usually around 59 seconds but can vary at times.

There is a popular myth about the origin and history of Taps. However, the true story is that in July 1862, after the Seven Days battles at Harrison's Landing (near Richmond), Virginia, the wounded Commander of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, General Daniel Butterfield reworked, with his bugler Oliver Wilcox Norton, another bugle call, "Scott Tattoo," to create Taps. He thought that the regular call for Lights Out was too formal.

Military Taps was adopted throughout the Army of the Potomac and finally confirmed by orders. It wasn't soon after that other Union units began using Taps. It became so popular that even a few Confederate units began using it as well. After the war, Taps became an official bugle call. Col. James A. Moss, in his Officer's Manual first published in 1911, gives an account of the initial use of Taps at a military funeral"

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February 7th, 2024

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