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National Memorial Day Concert

Co-Host Esai Morales Introduces "Taps"

Season 2025 | 1m 23s

In honor of the fallen and their families, U.S. Marine Corps SSgt. James McAloon performs the bugle call signal “Taps”. The 2025 National Memorial Day Concert aired Sunday, May 25, 2025 on PBS.

The National Memorial Day Concert is sponsored by Lockheed Martin and Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans and made possible by the National Park Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Department of the Army, General Dynamics, 84 Lumber and public television stations nationwide. All travel is provided by American Airlines.
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