HCR 28 Summary

• Honors "Taps" on its 150th anniversary, commemorating the bugle call composed by General Daniel Butterfield in 1862 at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia.

• Recognizes "Taps" as a distinctive U.S. military tradition used to signal the end of the day at military bases worldwide and as a standard tribute played at military funerals since 1891.

• Notes that the Taps 150 Organization is petitioning Congress to designate "Taps" as America's national song of remembrance and is organizing national events to celebrate the sesquicentennial.

• Urges all Ohioans to participate in appropriate celebratory events marking the 150th anniversary of "Taps."

• Directs the House Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the Taps 150 Organization and Ohio news media.