Dear Ann Landers: Someone sent me a beautiful story about the origins of "taps," which is played at military funerals. The story said that during the Civil War, a father discovered his dead son on the ...
MOUNT PLEASANT — On Memorial Day, a group of 30 musicians stood on the deck of the USS Yorktown and played Taps, the melancholy melody of remembrance to honor fallen service members. "It's in ...