When sunset descends on East 29th Street in the Beach Haven Gardens section of Long Beach Township, you can hear the sound of a bugle playing “Taps.”

It’s a tradition started 10 years ago by John Hersh, a seasonal resident. Hersh is a retired schoolteacher who once served in the Army National Guard.

“And it has to be played exactly at sunset,” he said. “As the summer season starts winding down, I’m playing it a little earlier.”

The bugle call is played to signal “lights out” at the end of a military day, and during patriotic memorial ceremonies…