It isn't clear to me which children were "coerced" in a pledge salute. When I
was a child (in the '30s) attending a rural school in Appalachia, we cited the
Pledge of Allegiance (without the foolishness about God) arm extended, cupped
palm up. I don't recall any philosophical teaching attendant. It was just a
required ritual, establishing a "patriotic" (we always faced an American flag)
habit pattern. The recitation and ritual is still part of many fraternal
organizations in the U.S.A., and I imagine similar practices are evident in
other cultures--social bonding. Symbolic gestures (the third finger, for
example) can't really be sourced.
Hon. G. T. "Bud" Martin, Ph.D. [INTJ] WORDSMITH
"Let the light shine in ... ."
Major USAFR/ANG (Ret.)
dba COMMAND COMPANY
Arvada CO Libertarian
Candidate HD27
KV4FR
aka "Tom Curtis"
-Author/Editor/Educator
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From: Leroy B <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 6:22:20 AM
Subject: [Libertarian] America's original flag salute was the origin of the
Adolf Hitler's NAZI salute
The original salute to the (A)american flag, done while saying the Pledge of
Allegiance was the origin of Adolf Hitler's "Nazi" salute under the National
Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis). It was not an ancient Roman salute. It
occurred because Francis Bellamy (an American [N]national [S]socialist) began
the Pledge with the military salute (hand to eyebrow) and then extended the
gesture toward the flag. In practice, coerced children merely extended the
military salute, palm down. It was done robotically in the USA in schools for
three decades before German National Socialists imported it. See various film
examples on youtube, various old photographs in web searches, and the work of
the symbologist Dr. Rex Curry, who made the discovery. There are many people
who
are trying to cover up the discovery and hide the truth. The government schools
will certainly never mention it. If people knew the truth no one would perform
the pledge and it would fade away.
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