
Episode #24
Honoring veterans with live Taps: Gary Marquardt on service, loss, and planning meaningful farewells.
<p>In this Memorial Day episode of Party of My Life, host Anne Morehouse talks with Gary Marquardt about how a lifetime shaped by war, loss, entrepreneurship, and creativity led him to a powerful calling: playing live Taps for veterans’ funerals. Gary shares moving stories from the families he’s served, explains the history and meaning of Taps, and offers clear, practical guidance on how anyone planning a funeral or celebration of life can arrange a volunteer bugler through Bugles Across America.</p><p><br></p><p>Key Moments</p><p>Growing Up in the Shadow of Addiction & War</p><p>[0:00:40–0...

