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SALUTE
THE SALUTE EVOLVED FROM ANCIENT ROME. AS A MEANS
OF GREETING, THE ROMANS PUT THEIR HANDS UP TO
SHOW THAT THEY WERE FRIENDS AND HAD NO WEAPONS.
THIS STARTED BECAUSE BRUTUS KILLED CAESAR WHO
WAS SUPPOSEDLY A FRIEND. IT THEN EVOLVED INTO A
WAY OF GREATING A FRIEND AND FINALLY INTO A SALUTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HISTORY
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Salutes |
Date learned: 00-00-1968