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

At a booming command, some 4,800 white-gloved hands snapped 2,400 rifles to "present arms."

From Time Magazine Archive

Soldiers in black dress uniform snapped to present arms.

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

The King hastily took his position in front of his army, and as the English officer stood up in his boat to leave it, the King called out to "fire and present arms."

From Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 by Various