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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (70739)	6/27/2006 7:02:55 PM
From: SI Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Actually, I've played it more times than I can count, and my daughter and I play it (with me playing it as an "echo") and the National Anthem as a trumpet duet every Memorial Day at a local cemetery. Like you, I never knew there was more than one verse or the history. I did, know, though, that our National Anthem's melody was originally an English drinking song. bcpl.net

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (70739)	6/27/2006 7:13:06 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 173976

It must be pointed out that other stories of the origin of Taps exist. A popular one is that of a Northern boy who was killed fighting for the south. His father, Robert Ellicombe a Captain in the Union Army, came upon his son's body on the battlefield and found the notes to Taps in a pocket of the dead boy's Confederate uniform. When Union General Daniel Sickles heard the story, he had the notes sounded at the boy's funeral. There is no evidence to back up the story or the existence of Captain Ellicombe. As with many other customs, this solemn tradition continues today. Although Butterfield merely revised an earlier bugle call, his role in producing those 24 notes gives him a place in the history of music as well as the history of war. west-point.org