MILITARY salute in the USA became NAZI salute !!!!

THE INFAMOUS STRAIGHT-ARMED SALUTE CAME FROM THE MILITARY SALUTE & THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG IN THE USA.

A new discovery shows that the straight-armed salute of the Nazi Party originated in the USA from the common military salute.  http://rexcurry.net/pledgesalute.html

The military salute of the right hand to the forehead was used at
the beginning of the original pledge of allegiance. The military salute
was held for the phrase "I pledge allegiance" and then the right arm
extended straight outward toward the flag for the rest of the chant.
Historic photographs are linked at  http://rexcurry.net/pledge_military.html and at  http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.html

The first description of the pledge by Francis Bellamy, author of
the pledge, had the palm of the hand turned upward for the
straight-armed gesture. The gesture changed in use, growing into the
"Heil Hitler" appearance because of the military salute (palm down)
extended casually straight toward the flag.

James Bailey Upham suggested to Bellamy part of the gesture (the
straight-arm with the palm upward). Upham's suggested gesture (palm up)
was like saying "Here is the flag." It was because of Bellamy's
alteration (the addition of the military salute) that the pledge
evolved into the Nazi-style.

The Nazi-style salute was then repeated in early famous movies in
fictionalized Roman scenes. Germans learned American behavior via old
films, via WWI, and via the widespread use of the straight-arm salute
by German-American groups in the USA, that led to its adoption later by
the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party).  http://rexcurry.net/pledgebund.html

The straight-arm salute was not a Roman salute. That is a myth debunked by the historian Rex Curry.  http://rexcurry.net/pledgesalute.html

That is one of many reasons why Francis Bellamy and his also-famous
cousin Edward Bellamy are known as the "American Hitlers" and as the
first "American Nazis."  http://rexcurry.net/pledge1.html

The Bellamys were not libertarian. Bellamy wrote the pledge (1892)
with the military salute because Bellamy was a self-proclaimed national
socialist who promoted "military socialism" (a Bellamy term) and he
wanted government to take over all schools, eliminate all of the better
alternatives, and use government schools to create an "industrial army"
(another Bellamy term) in order to nationalize the entire economy. That
was the idea behind the pledge and a flag in every government school.
It was the origin of the modern military-socialist complex. It resulted
in racism and segregation imposed by law in government schools that
served as an example to Nazis and outlasted them even into the 1960's.

Government schools teach that the pledge was created to sell flags
to schools and Francis Bellamy is described as an advertising pioneer.
That is a whitewashed piece of the whole story. A better description is
that Bellamy was a propaganda pioneer, comparable to Leni Riefenstahl.

The World is owed an apology by the USA and by anyone who thinks
that the military-socialism and salute of the Nazis originated in
Germany. An American organization is lobbying for an official apology
and is gaining support to set the record straight.  http://rexcurry.net/pledgeapology.html