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Silver Tap ceremony tonight. #queenofchristmas #qoc #silvertaps #mmaproud #mmamom #brat #bagpipes #lilzooguy #ceromony #babygirl #travels #life #middleschool #highschool #freya #adventure #homecoming2022 #homecoming #mmahomecoming2022 #mmahomecoming (at Missouri Military Academy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjMcYh4ODE8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Silver Taps Memorial, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
“Silver Taps” is a tradition at Texas A&M where a memorial is held to remember currently enrolled students who have died. It can be a very emotional and moving experience to attend - even if you didn’t personally know the deceased. With silent students gathered in the darkness of the Academic Plaza, Taps is played and rifle volleys are fired by members of the Ross Volunteers of the Corps of Cadets.
Silvertaps tonight.
I'm kind of...freaked out.
Like it's kind of creepy, and yet...I just don't know how to feel about it.
Silver Taps...
The type of silence that you can feel. Alone in thoughts, each person is fully consumed in their mind. In my case, lost in memories, prayers, and thoughts on the present and future. You can hear each person's anticipation of the shots that break the silence or the steps, or anything that shows that it has begun. An erie bell chime and solemn faces greet you. For a moment we are alone yet united. It's amazing to feel like such a unit. To know that you are connected with each and every person standing beside you. It's humbling to know that we can all selflessly honor and respect each other in such a way that is minuscule, yet so grand at the same time. To devote an hour of silence towards the loss of a fellow Aggie, whether it's cold, inconvenient, or a perfect day, sounds so simple in theory, but in reality it is something much greater than I can even begin to describe. The dawning moment as they play the serene rendition of Silver Taps and you come to the realization that it could have been you these people were here for and some day it will be you that these people will gather for is extremely overwhelming. To think that this first Tuesday, you could have been the person sobbing over their lost friend or family member... it just makes me stop and appreciate the people I have so much. I think of the people I've lost in my life and the things I wish I'd have told them. I think of myself and the person I am and if I were to die would I be the type of person people would want to honor or would I be just another teenager. I ponder the things I regret not doing and wonder if it's too late to go back and say the things I left unsaid. I pray for the families and friends but I pray for mine too. I pray that they never have to loose someone so young, when life was so new and fresh. I get very emotional and I tear up. I look to the sky and see how very small and insignificant we all truly are, yet here we are gathering to support one another. I'm never more proud to be an Aggie than after Silver Taps. I mean, it feels good to be able to yell your ass off at a sporting event to cheer on our team, but to honor and respect a fellow Aggie, whether he or she was well known or not, by simply standing in silence during Silver Taps is something so solemn and beautiful that entirely blows my mind. So as I stand with friends and strangers alike, I am forever proud to be an Aggie. God bless. Thanks & Gig 'em
