I'm sorry for your loss

RIP Alvin Helen. May he rest with God.

I don’t think that’s true

Everyone interpreted it that way, but the bugler admitted that he slipped up because it was cold, he was nervous, and his mouth was dry. For years after though, people would play the same wrong note at funerals to emulate JFK's funeral.

It is very difficult to play a brass instrument in cold weather.

A President murdered by his own government. 5 years later they murdered his brother.

@@sundance81677 You think the earth is flat too?

Thank you for your service.

Might be because JFK wrote a book called Why England slept? Or maybe because he said he was a Berliner? Or maybe, just maybe it was because of this: "Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived". The Germans knew Hitler as the man who rebuilt the country after WW1. And while many remember the Great crash of 1929, not many remember the great crash of 1923. Germans had to pay 250 Marks for a loaf of bread in January. And in November the same year a loaf of bread costed 201 BILLION MARK. When Hitler took over power he helped the ordinary people. Hence why they all stood behind him and fought until their death. Unfortunately that war is still too recent to be discussed in a real discussion. And it still is forming politics and opinions to this day. Probably because people are still being indoctrinated with what the Victors wrote. Sorry. I wont thank you for your service. Not because i disrespect you as a person. But because i disrespect the entire idea of "Service". What "Service" did you give? Germany was basically flattened and thrown back into the stoneage. Every city bombed to smithereens. Some say to win the war, as if that won the war. Some say because all of those people deserved to die. But they weren't all Na...zi's living in those cities. Heck, many of em weren't even politically active at all. They was just living their lives in the system created. I do not see how this was Liberating Europe at all. In fact: If i look at Britain today, it is a mess. I wonder: If the soldiers of those days who stormed the beaches of Normandië could see Britain as it is today, would they still go up those beaches? Bankrupting Britain and basically the rest of the so called Western World? And for what? But again, that is a discussion which is not allowed obviously. And i would be surprised if this comment sticks considering censorship here on KZfaq. Imagine that: People often say that it was the Na....zi's who burned books and censored things. So i guess the real Na.....zi's never lost WW2 then, right? After all, just look at the world today. KZfaq etc etc . It's so funny.

@@bertjesklotepinoYou can write the word Nazi like any decent human being would without getting deleted, you idiot.

Thanks to the CIA, Johnson, and the rest of those bastards. They not only murdered Kennedy that day but also what could have been a wonderful future of the United States.

It gets worse my friend It gets so, so, so much worse January 20th, 2021. Where bottom of the barrel is all that’s required to be the leader of the free world. May god have mercy on us all

Yep, our country lost its innocence on November 22, 1963.

So well remembered.

Man president loved then, loAthed now.what a transition

@@donwendling4743 Trump was loved, by the majority, Biden praised by the minority and hated by the majority. A failed nation under democrats

He played it in a key higher? I wonder why he chose that bugle?

@@CharlotteFairchild He's playing a standard Bb trumpet (a written C note sounds as Bb). Taps is written for the triad notes of a C Major chord (C, E & G) and those three notes sound as the triad notes of a Bb Major chord (Bb, D & F). A easy key to determining the key of a bugle call is its last note. In the case of Taps, it is the sounding key of Bb Major with Bb as the last note sustained from 3:15 - 3:22.

Well put Charles. As a trumpet player myself, am agreeing with your remarks completely. What isn't known to the public is this, It was wicked cold out that day and is quite possible that the corporal's mouthpiece may have chilled to the point that it was sticking to frozen lip flesh. The bugler had been up and at Arlington Cemetery since 4:30 am that day. Lastly, The President's death weighed heavily on the bugler's mind. And I don't care how good of a trumpet player you are? This is not an easy piece to play flawlessly. As an incredible pressure is placed upon the musician. He never knows for certain exactly when he'll get called on to play and as such he's never really warmed up. Worse still, The whole world knows how this tune is supposed to go. As such this adds to the general nervousness a brass player goes through. The fact that the small mistake happened early in the bugle call must have weighed heavily on his already nervous mind. After all, he KNEW that his music was being heard by hundreds of millions of people. I have played the piece publicly a dozen or so times and fortunately never released a true "clam", but this is because I've been lucky so far.

Choke.

FIZTER-WHAT

@@ev0x336 Fitzgerald is his grandfathers name I think that’s what his middle name was derived from I’m not entirely sure

@@cxsh4x4🇺🇸 President JFK mother was a Fritzgerald and yes his grandfather 😥 🎺

@@jeanpalumbo3411 yeah I know

Maikeru Sutora taps is for the president also head of state

IronMike 2021 oswald wins flowers victory

and he was the commander in chief of all armed forces in the united states of course...

It’s pretty obvious that he served and it is also played to the president

The President is technically also the Commander in Chief, the highest office in the military lol. He would have gotten the salute and taps even if he didn't serve outside his term. In other words, even Trump would theoretically get a Military funeral if he died in office, and may get one after he leaves office and he's still alive, though he doesn't deserve any such honor.

the other 2?

⁠​⁠@@bertjesklotepinoFDR is definitely number one but number two and three depends. Eisenhower for infrastructure, Teddy Roosevelt for conservationism, Lincoln for uniting the nation, George Washington for being the first, etc. The three worst are assuredly trump, reagan, and Hoover. No one fucked up the country as much as those three. Kennedy isn’t on either list though. He genuinely didn’t achieve much. He just got assassinated and it was caught on video so it went viral. Good president but not the greatest or worst lol.

He missed his partial jump It was cold as all fuck that day and he wasn't warmed

+Ben Moore He was not relieved of his position and served until his retirement in 1966. Please read the article A Bugle Call Remembered. tapsbugler.com/a-bugle-call-remembered/

He did not get relieved. My trumpet lesson teacher also knew this guy.

I heard they assassinated him.

And you're still stupid, irrespective of temporal context.

Yep, I'm a dem and I can admit we've gone to complete shit But back when we had people that did stuff and stood on a platform that wasn't just virtue signaling such as Kennedy I miss the glory days of both parties

He would not vote for trump

If you're going into the Army then know that the philosophy of the military is very simple: Follow the leader. On active duty, your words would be considered subversive in that they would be interpreted as undermining the chain of command since the new president is the commander-in-chief. If you want to serve, keep your mouth shut and obey the lawful orders given to you. If you are too disillusioned with the results of the recent presidential election and seek to voice that opinion, it would be best for you not to serve at this time.

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@@Zack_Cestaro Your reply reminds me of an old country song: "I gave her my ring, but she gave me the finger."