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“Taps” for Japanese-American WWII Veteran at Evergreen Washelli in Seattle
Yesterday, I played “Taps” as part of the military honors accorded a Japanese-American veteran who served in World War II after having first been interned at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Hunt,...
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“Taps” for Wreaths Across America Ceremony at Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Last Saturday at 8:45 a.m., the 2nd Annual Wreath Laying ceremony was held in the Chimes Tower at Evergreen Washelli’s Veterans Memorial Cemetery in north Seattle. On the second Saturday of every...
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“Taps” for King County Veterans Who Were Buried Without Military Funeral Honors
WAARNG Honor Guard reads the deceased veterans' names Who’s ever heard of the VMT Program? Very few. There’s been almost no news coverage. Yet, as Post Bugler for VFW Post 1040 in Lynnwood, I have...
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“Echo Taps” for War of 1812 Bicentennial Ceremony at Evergreen-Washelli in...
War of 1812 Monument (front side), Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle For six years, the Washington State Society, United States Daughters of 1812 (WSSUSD 1812), labored hard on...
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“Taps” for Wreaths Across America Memorial Service at Evergreen-Washelli in...
Courtesy of Wreaths Across America (WAA) Last month on 15 December 2012, Wreaths Across America (WAA) sponsored and coordinated the placement of 420,000 remembrance wreaths by almost 200,000 volunteers...
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Another Little Milestone–100 “Taps”
VFW Post 1040 Honor Guard, Acacia Cemetery, Seattle On 15 April, our federal income taxes came due. Yes, I made the deadline that afternoon, but only in the morning after I’d played “Taps” for the...
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5th Annual Wreath Dedication at Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, Seattle
Lianna Bennett sits at the headstone of her grandfather, U.S. Army Col. William W. Etchemendy, during Wreaths Across America’s ceremony, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at Arlington National Cemetery in...
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“Taps” at 7th Annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony at Evergreen-Washelli,...
Wreaths Across America, Veterans Cemetery, Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle, 12-17-2016 When the 7th Annual Wreaths Across America (WAA) ceremony commenced on Saturday, 17 December 2016, at Veterans...
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150th-151st “Taps” on a Saturday at Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery in Seattle
So, who’s counting? Buglers, that’s who. And yes, I am aware that some have sounded “Taps” thousands of times and that I never will reach those numbers. For one thing, I don’t live near a national...
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8th Annual “Wreaths Across America” Ceremony at Evergreen-Washelli in Seattle
Air Force Master Sgt. Shanda De Anda salutes the USAF wreath. Photo by Alan Berner, The Seattle Times. On Saturday, 16 December 2017, a crowd gathered at Veterans Cemetery at Evergreen-Washelli in...
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