The explosion of emoji communication proves that a picture can be worth a thousand words. But even with hundreds of emojis for everything from haircuts to scientists to Santa Claus, there's no simple way to express the sentiment expressed millions of times each year by men and women in uniform all around the world: the salute!

Sign this petition to ask the parties most directly involved in bringing new Emoji characters to users to debut a new salute Emoji just in time for America's Independence Day! With your support, we can make it happen!