parade rest

As the Hitler Youth faced the twin granite grandstands, they stood at parade rest, waiting for the Führer to address them.

Rows of police officers stood silently at parade rest outside the church as family and friends mourned the slain police officers inside.

“It was hot, most definitely. I was feeling the effects of heat exhaustion, but it was important to me to stand at attention the entire time, except for brief periods of ‘parade’ rest, with my legs apart, shoulder-width.”

The 70 or so teenagers of Class 42 attending Bluegrass ChalleNGe Academy on Fort Knox still live, eat, march, exercise, stand at parade rest to show respect and share a laugh or two as they work on their school studies - together.

Others were more patient, holding the gun across their chest at parade rest until the first bird was released.