Thousands participate in Steve Hartman's "Taps Across America"
Trumpet and bugle players across the world played Taps to honor America's fallen heroes on Memorial Day.
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How to participate in Steve Hartman's "Taps Across America"
Thousands of trumpet and bugle players will sound Taps from their porches on Memorial Day.
Creating graduations to "remember for forever" for Class of 2020
A Minnesota band director played "Pomp and Circumstance" for his high school's virtual graduation — all 22 parts. It took Scott two full days to make this video for his students.
Finding the world's greatest mom before Mother's Day
Steve Hartman's kids didn't know who the world's greatest mom was — so the family went on a search for answers.
Kids are picking up their pitchforks for lockdown grievances
After you sew your mask, you may want to save a little fabric — for your white flag.
Restaurateur says "how I can stop?" charity despite hard times
Twice a week in Anaheim, California, the cars line up by the hundreds. As one driver said, these meals mean "we can survive another day — that we can live another day longer."
How a N.C. nurse ended up volunteering at a Queens hospital
"I believe it's our duty," Bevin Strickland said. "I believe we should be compelled to do something when we can."
Newspaper delivery man turns into grocery lifeline
"I don't have enough adjectives. He is one of the finest people in the world," said an 85-year-old widow who Greg Dailey shops for.
Finding love in the age of social distancing
A Brooklyn man fell for a woman he saw out his window.
"Kindness 101": Children write letters to heroes
Some kids went straight to the phone to thank the pharmacists and the fire chiefs and the nurses tending to grandparents in memory care. Others used sidewalk chalk to thank their mail carriers.
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