The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

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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