My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive-- Part 9: Rolling Taps, Doves and Old-Time Radio
At the close of the marriage renewals, we had what is called "Rolling Taps" where that song, which all by itself is sad, is played by bugles all the way around the park, each one starting several notes after the previous one, making for an echo and a real tear-bringer. I couldn't help but tear up. This is done by a group that calls themselves "Bugles Across America."
Thirty white doves were released, flew away and then came back as a flock.
After that, the band and a radio deejay from a Kenosha, Wisconsin, station did a radio show like you would have heard on the radio back during the war.
I'll Be There Next Year. --GreGen
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