DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) - The powerful sound of bagpipes echoed through Veterans Park in Desert Hot Springs as the city gathered for its annual Memorial Day ceremony. Park caretaker and ...

Co-host Esai Morales introduces "Taps" on the 2025 National Memorial Day Concert. In honor of the fallen and their families, U.S. Marine Corps SSgt. James McAloon performs the bugle call signal “Taps” ...

That's 95 year old Sam Mandanello on the trumpet playing taps every Memorial Day. He plays the song at 3 p.m., taking part in taps across America. All over America, uh, at 3 o'clock, uh, people are ...

Memorial Day, first called Decoration Day, has its origins in the Civil War (1861-1865) and was a time to honor the Union soldiers who died. Now the national holiday honors all military members who ...