Twenty four notes played on a bugel or trumpet hold more meaning than words can say. The sound of Taps brings many people to tears.

Jenn Hozempa plays it at the town common in Franklin, Massachusetts to honor the men and women who died serving in the U.S. military. There are memorials to 46 veterans there.

Hozempa is the program director at Cornerstone assisted living in Milford. For her, music isn't just a routine. It's a lifeline.

"It's huge, especially with the dementia population," she explained. "Music uses the part of the brain that's preserved. It rallies the troops."

She sees each day as a chance to meet residents where they are.

"This is their world. This is their moment. We live in the moment," she said.

Honoring fallen service members

But Hozempa's music extends far bey

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