In addition to its normal garrison use to signal the end of day when the duty officer returns from the tour of the camp and quarters, the Last Post call had another function at the close of a day of battle.
It signalled to those who were still out and wounded or separated that the fighting was done, and to follow the sound of the call to find safety and rest.
Its use in Remembrance Day and Anzac Day ceremonies in Commonwealth nations as an implied summoning of the spirits of the Fallen to the cenotaph. The UU military uses Taps the similar purposes.
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