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

Soldiers in black dress uniform snapped to present arms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although no parade had been scheduled, seven military bands and guards of honor at "present arms" flanked the four-mile route.

From Time Magazine Archive

Motor horns honked, grey-green soldiers snapped to present arms, and a fleet of eight cars, preceded and followed by bicycle policemen, swept through the streets.

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This bridge has since been replaced by an iron structure, much higher than the first, but even this occasionally received a blow from some log carried along by the current at a "present arms."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