present arms

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“I gave the command to present arms, and we raised our sabers for Kennedy to walk under, like a tunnel,” Broadus said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2013

Not only did 10,000 drenched soldiers present arms along the line of march, but many times as many soaking Argentineans turned out to wave farewell to this simp�tico Yankee.

From Time Magazine Archive

A guard of honor of Royal Marines stood at present arms on deck and the band played The Star-Spangled Banner.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soldiers in black dress uniform snapped to present arms.

From Time Magazine Archive

This bridge has since been replaced by an iron structure, much higher than the first, but even this occasionally received a blow from some log carried along by the current at a "present arms."

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman