Every vet is legally entitled to have Taps played at their funeral. But with over 1,000 veterans passing away each day, the available military buglers simply can’t keep up. So, many families use a recorded version instead.

At least 2,500 volunteer buglers across the country think our veterans deserve better. Novices and professionials, young and old, they travel hundreds of miles on their own time to play those twenty-four somber notes. And in doing so, they pay the ultimate final respects to those who served our country so nobly. What a special gift.

See this week’s New York Times feature (if you can get past the paywall), or click to learn directly about the impressive work of Taps for Veterans and Bugles Across America.