Taps - Long Beach, CA
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N 33° 46.315 W 118° 11.016
11S E 390402 N 3737496
The lyrics for the well-known military TAPs is located on a plaque honoring a WWI Veteran at E. 4th Street and Lime in Long Beach, CA.
Waymark Code: WMBJXJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2011
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Taps--the "lights out" song often played on a bugel at military funerals, has its lyrics quoted on this plaque which reads:
"DEDICATED ON ARMISTICE DAY 11/11/97 11:00 A.M.
COMPANY B
U.S. ARMY
INFANTRY
IN MEMORY OF
WORLD WAR I BUGLER 1ST CLASS
FRED HUMMER
BORN NOVEMBER 2, 1899 DIED MARCH 8, 1997
BROOKLYN, NY FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA
"LAST BUGLER OF THE GREAT WAR"
VERSE OF TAPS
DAY IS DONE GONE THE SUN
FROM THE HILLS FROM THE SEA
FROM THE SKY ALL IS WELL
SAFELY REST GOD IS NIGH
"MAY ALL HIS BUGLE CALLS BE HEARD IN HEAVEN"
The site of this memorial is also a roadside attraction because it once (and maybe still does) fly what has been called the World's Largest Flag"...see (
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