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  • Thumbnail for Nazi salute
    which was to be accompanied by a visually similar saluting gesture, referred to as the Bellamy salute. A raised arm gesture was then used in the 1899 American...
    71 KB (7,623 words) - 11:09, 24 July 2024
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    Bellamy salute was demonstrated as the hand gesture to accompany the Pledge of Allegiance in the United States. The inventor of the saluting gesture was...
    68 KB (7,701 words) - 08:16, 5 August 2024
  • A saluting trap was a form of officer harassment practised by conscripts in the British Army during and after World War II. Given their general lack of...
    1 KB (180 words) - 12:35, 16 March 2024
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    "Three Volley Salute" A US Army rifle party firing three volleys Problems playing this file? See media help. The three-volley salute is a ceremonial act...
    5 KB (563 words) - 13:57, 3 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
    declared that his gesture was not a "Black Power" salute per se, but rather a "human rights" salute.: 22  The demonstration has been called one of the...
    34 KB (3,629 words) - 22:39, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Military brat (U.S. subculture)
    formation, within saluting distance of the flag, face the flag, or the music if the flag is not in view, salute, and maintain the salute until the last note...
    86 KB (10,992 words) - 14:43, 1 May 2024
  • again. Various apocryphal stories about the origin of the salute circulate, like gladiators saluting each other in the arena, crusaders pointing their sword...
    35 KB (5,301 words) - 20:49, 28 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Drill commands
    the following saluting on the march commands are ordered with a preparatory command of Saluting on the march.... For example, Saluting on the march, to...
    30 KB (4,481 words) - 10:29, 14 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant
    Imperātor, moritūrī tē salūtant ("Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you") is a well-known Latin phrase quoted in Suetonius, De vita Caesarum...
    32 KB (3,967 words) - 03:42, 2 August 2024
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    came in peace; saluting is also used to show others that they are not armed with weapons and do not pose a threat. The action of saluting was formalised...
    13 KB (1,554 words) - 02:03, 1 May 2024
  • Geoff Watt. Watt was an optometrist, practicing in Moe and Warragul. "Saluting a brave dad doomed to die young". 18 October 2018. "About". Archived from...
    2 KB (105 words) - 01:52, 14 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Javelin throw
    Games as part of the pentathlon in 708 BC. It included two events, one for distance and the other for accuracy in hitting a target. The javelin was thrown...
    57 KB (3,340 words) - 10:25, 4 August 2024
  • "Train-ing Days" September 6, 2023 (2023-09-06) Bill and Toony take a long distance train trip. Featured cartoons : Beep, Beep (1952), Porky's Railroad (1937)...
    378 KB (112 words) - 11:21, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fist-and-palm
    pinyin: Zuòyī) in Chinese, is a traditional Chinese ceremonial gesture or salute used for greeting or showing respect. It involves bringing together the...
    3 KB (337 words) - 06:56, 4 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Social distancing
    In public health, social distancing, also called physical distancing, is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures intended to prevent the...
    96 KB (8,842 words) - 08:09, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Angel Oak
    Oak was the focal point of an Allstate television ad in September 2018 saluting the strength of the Carolinas following the devastation of Hurricane Florence...
    7 KB (606 words) - 16:12, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for 200 metres at the Olympics
    leading to a final race between eight athletes. The Olympic records for the distance are 19.30 seconds for men, set by Usain Bolt in 2008, and 21.34 seconds...
    25 KB (717 words) - 06:41, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for At attention
    corps and drum and bugle corps. To stand at attention is also a means of saluting when a junior rank meets an officer or superior but he (the junior) is...
    5 KB (572 words) - 04:34, 26 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Trooping the Colour
    music ceases, and he is conveyed back to the saluting base. With the monarch once more mounted at the saluting base, the command "Troop!" is given by the...
    83 KB (9,811 words) - 22:29, 26 June 2024
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    "Military Appreciation Ticket Program". "AZDPS JOINS THE ARIZONA CARDINALS IN SALUTING OUR ARMED FORCES". "5 Things an Arizona Cardinals Fan Says". "Arizona Cardinals...
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