Just Another Joe(KC), Ruth and Harmonica Man, Jim Robinson
Posted on 05/31/2004 3:05:55 PM PDT by GulfWar1Vet
Here goes!
Just Another Joe(KC), Ruth and Harmonica Man, Jim Robinson
Just Another Joe, Chris , Sheila and Jim, Prov sitting on grass 
Sheila and Jim Robinson enjoying the Memorial Day Parade in Columbia
Harmonica Man shaking Jim Robinson\'s hand...
Jim\'s chair had a breakdown, but Dog fixed it up in no time!
I have more photos on my webpage: http://www.hometown.aol.com/midmofreeper
It's on page 2. :)
Cool!
We package them in three's. One red one to start, one white one to see if you need the other red one. groan
ROFLMAO Don't take.......nobody. Let the newbies figure it out.
Chadsey is probably going to have to help LIR with that one.
I forgot that LIR was a blonde. (You notice I said that when I was a half a continent away). lol
We missed you but understand "work". Hope to see you back in Columbia soon.
Yep! A beautiful blonde, but a blonde, nonetheless.
(I hope I'm far enough away......)
Why the name Taps? The call of Tattoo was used in order to assemble soldiers for the last roll call of the day. Tattoo may have originated during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) or during the wars of King William III during the 1690s. The word tattoo in this usage is derived from the Dutch tap (tap or faucet) and toe (to cut off). When it was time to cease drinking for the evening and return to the post, the provost or Officer of the Day, accompanied by a sergeant and drummer, would go through the town beating out the signal. As far as military regulations went, there was a prescribed roll call to be taken "at Taptoe time" to ensure that all the troops had returned to their billets. It is possible that the word Tattoo became Taps. Tattoo was also called Tap-toe and as is true with slang terms in the military, it was shortened to Taps.
The other, and more likely, explanation is that the name Taps was borrowed from a drummer's beat. The beating of Tattoo by the drum corps would be followed by the Drummer of the Guard beating three distinct drum taps at four count intervals for the military evolution Extinguish Lights. During the American Civil War, Extinguish Lights was the bugle call used as the final call of the day and as the name implies, it was a signal to extinguish all fires and lights. Following the call, three single drum strokes were beat at four-count intervals. This was known as the "Drum Taps" or in common usage of soldiers "The Taps" or "Taps." There are many references to the term "Taps" before the war and during the conflict, before the bugle call we are all familiar with came into existence. So the drum beat that followed Extinguish Lights came to be called "Taps" by the common soldiers and when the new bugle call was created in July 1862 to replace the more formal sounding Extinguish Lights, (the one Butterfield disliked), the bugle call also came to be known as "Taps."
The new bugle signal (also known as "Butterfield's Lullaby") is called "Taps" in common usage because it is used for the same purpose as the three drum taps. However the U.S. Army still called it Extinguish Lights and it did not officially change the name to Taps until 1891.
As soon as Taps was sounded that night in July 1862, words were put with the music. The first were, "Go To Sleep, Go to Sleep." As the years went on many more versions were created. There are no official words to the music but here are some of the more popular verses:
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the hills, from the lake,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.
Fades the light; And afar
Goeth day, And the stars
Shineth bright,
Fare thee well; Day has gone,
Night is on.
Thanks and praise, For our days,
'Neath the sun, Neath the stars,
'Neath the sky,
As we go, This we know,
God is nigh.
As with many other customs, this solemn tradition continues today. Although Butterfield merely revised an earlier bugle call, his role in producing those twenty four notes gives him a place in the history of music as well as the history of war.
For more information about Taps, order the 60-page booklet Twenty-Four Notes That Tap Deep Emotions: The history of America's most famous bugle call, by Jari Villanueva.
There is also a story that talks about a Union officer who finds his son on a battlefield during the Civil War, fighting for the South, but it has been proven false.
http://www.tapsbugler.com/24NotesExcerpt/Page1.html
Good read if you're interested.
Cheers!
I deleted the pics on my website from Memorial Day. If you want a copy, freepmail me and I will send them to you. :)
Columbia is a wonderful place, much like the metropolitan cities in Montana or North Dakota, large enough to have every place one needed, small enough to know quite a few folks. I stayed at a hotel about 5 years ago in Columbia, MO on my way to Evansville, IN.
Great photos! :) Nice job GulfWar1Vet. :)
It was a fun time with JimRob...
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