Bugles Across America.

[RICHARD]

That's despicable that someone wouldn't want it played because the word God is in it. Know what I say to that??? During the 21 gun salute, don't point to the sky. Get my drift???

Yes, it's sad.

Let's keep it under our hats!

[Karen]

I have known the first verse since childhood. Traditionally, there are two buglers, or trumpeters. One is nearby and within sight, the other is farther away, hidden and uses a mute. The second waits until the first is done, and the is the "echo."

Both my brothers are trumpeters, so usually at the cemetery stops during Memorial Day parades in which I participated, I knew one of the two players.