Ken Nelson

We buried my Uncle Ray yesterday in a short, but moving, ceremony at the Riverside National Cemetery.

Given that not many people play the bugle any more, and also given that the cemetery does 40 to 50 burials a day, normally Taps is played by recording.

Our excellent funeral director, Bob Hansen of Crippen Mortuary, arranged to have a live bugler be part of the honor guard with an organization called “Bugles Across America”.

Craig Bryant, of Bugles Across America, drove from Anaheim to Riverside to play Ray’s funeral.  He did a lovely job and we thank him.

You can donate to and learn more about Bugles Across America here.