10-27-2005, 02:26 PM
Here's another explanation from the Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia:
[url:2j8c3742]http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/history/vignettes/respect1.html[/url]
And we have Wikipedia which has a very interesting line:
[url:2j8c3742]http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil/history/vignettes/respect1.html[/url]
And we have Wikipedia which has a very interesting line:
Quote:One theory is that it came from Roman soldiers' shading their eyes from the intense light that was supposed to shine from the eyes of their superiors...[url:2j8c3742]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salute#Hand_Salutes[/url]
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