How does canada salute

The flat-palm salute was used to hide the dirty palms of sailors. At the time, it was also known as the American salute.

This involves an open palm, in which the palm faces the subject of the salute rather than being turned to face the ground. The flat-palm salute is used by present-day Canadian forces, but it is "historically incorrect" for the Second World War. Hunter says the poster is very appealing and looks very good, "except for that one glaring mistake of the post salute.

And he says the Canadian War Museum acknowledged that some staff were aware of the error, but that they went ahead with the poster anyway to "generate discussion. Chantal Schryer, the museum's vice-president of corporate affairs, tells the Ottawa Citizen "It's a stylized image that was developed by our marketing team to be used as a marketing tool.

It was never meant to be a real, historical representation. I'm sure they put a lot of money into the marketing of this, the print posters, the online posters, and even the CBC TV commercials.

Hunter says the show is getting positive feedback, and despite the salute error the museum achieved at least one goal. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses.

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