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2.2 ... the Scout and Guide Emblems, Salute and Handshake are Scouting's unifying symbols

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Cover damaged by fire on the Santa Fe Chief train No. 19 between Needles and Daggett, California on 28 March 1960.
652 sacks ofmail were salvaged mostly in a burned and water-soaked condition, including 750,00() pieces offlrst-class mail.
Damaged mail received a three line cachet "DAMAGED JN FIRE I JN RA /UVA Y MAIL CAR I DAGGETT. CALIFORNIA··.

A " half-sa lute", is also used in certa in situati ons. T he hand is still held pa lm fac ing o ut,
and the thumb ho ld ing the li tt le fin ger, but the hand is he ld at the shoul der in stead.

The ori gin of the left handshake is from Ashanti, West Africa, where warriors carried their shields o n the l e ~ arm.
W hen dropping the shi eld and advancin g unprotected, they were ho ldi ng out their left ha nds in trust and fri end shi p.

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A Scout shakes hands w ith another Scout with the left hand, in the Scout handshake.