The well-known bugle call 's 150th anniversary was Saturday . A head shorter than his comrades , Tolbert 's costume was a tad too big -- so big , in fact , that his mother had to roll up the bottom of his pants three times to make them fit . Buglers Across America enlisted nearly 200 volunteer buglers and trumpeters to play . Taps were created because of a Union general 's displeasure at the lights-out call at the time . Comment:
The well-known bugle call 's 150th anniversary was Saturday . Buglers Across America enlisted nearly 200 volunteer buglers and trumpeters to play . Taps were created because of a Union general 's displeasure at the lights-out call at the time . Comment: