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VETS, TROOPS NOT IN UNIFORM NOW CAN SALUTE FLAG
November 07, 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Army Families Online issued the following news release:

A change to federal law allows U.S. veterans and military personnel not in uniform to render the military-style hand salute during the playing of the national anthem.
The law took effect earlier this month, according to a Department of Veterans Affairs news release.

"The military salute is a unique gesture of respect that marks those who have served in our nation's armed f . . .

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