{"id":696,"date":"2021-12-14T15:24:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/?page_id=696"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:03:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Taps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Silver Taps Ceremony 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 14th | 7:30pm | Alumni Island<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tgOQp0g8P0o\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted by the Texan Corps of Cadets, Tarleton Ambassadors, Tarleton Alumni Association, the Silver Taps memorial service is held each spring to remember members of the university family \u2014 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends \u2014 between March 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tarleton Alumni Association invites guests to a reception beginning at 7:00 p.m. prior to the ceremony at 7:30 p.m. on April 14th, the Tuesday of John&nbsp;T\u2019s Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the service as each name is called from the Honor Roll, candle bearers process to the John Tarleton statue and stand until all names are honored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony includes \u201cTaps\u201d played by students and a 21-gun salute and concludes with the Tarleton State Benediction and all candles and flames being extinguished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families are welcome to participate as a candle bearer on behalf of their honored loved one, according to their comfort level, and we encourage students, employees, and alumni to participate to show support for their Tarleton State family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group information is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>For additional information or to serve as a volunteer candle bearer, please contact the Office of Alumni Engagement at (254) 968-9682 or&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:alumni@tarleton.edu\">alumni@tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silver Taps Ceremony 2026 Tuesday, April 14th | 7:30pm | Alumni Island Hosted by the Texan Corps of Cadets, Tarleton Ambassadors, Tarleton Alumni Association, the Silver Taps memorial service is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-696","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/","display_name":"keegan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 days ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 14, 2021","modified":"Updated on April 7, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 14, 2021 3:24 pm","modified":"Updated on April 7, 2026 2:03 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":937,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/696\/revisions\/937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/silvertaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}