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Wow I of course never even heard about the salute change, schooled from 1968 onward...thanks Allan. Those images in your link are such a suprise to me...

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I, too, was a little shocked when I first saw fotos of kids giving the American version of the Roman salute. Congress eliminated it in 1942. I think of this every time I watch some American politicians putting their right hands over their hearts and imagine them, instead, with their arms raised and outstretched.

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