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Captain John C. Tidball, of the West Point Class of 1848, started the custom of playing "Taps" at military funerals. Another lesser-known legend about "Taps" is that of Lieutenant William Waid paying saloon-keepers to shut off the taps to the kegs in a bar. In any event, the playing of…
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