On November 11, 2018, at precisely 11:00 a m (local times), buglers and trumpeters from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries will commemorat e the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War with a worldwide sounding of Taps and The Last Post, sponsored by Taps for Veterans. Each pe rformer will sound their call at a location of their choosing. Those locati ons will include WWI monuments, memorials, public squares, churches, and Ve terans Day and Remembrance Day ceremonies.
As of October 29, almost 4 00 buglers from 40 states and 5 countries had already signed up to particip ate and organizers hope to eventually have more than 1000 participants regi stered. Interested buglers and trumpeters should register at https://tapsf orveterans.org/soundsofremembrance/.
All registered partici pants will be listed on the event website and included on the interactive w orld map of the event. The videos they submit of their sounding of Taps or The Last Post on November 11 will also be posted on the website and all par ticipants will receive a commemorative patch from Taps for Veterans followi ng the event. In addition one participant, whose name will be chosen from t he registered list, will receive an original World War One era bugle.
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