The original salute to accompany recitation the Pledge of Allegiance was to stand at attention with the left hand at one's side and the right arm pointed forward and slightly upward, with an open, downward-facing palm. This posture, called the "Bellamy salute," was dropped in the 1940s, in favor of placing one's right hand over one's heart, due to the use of an identical salute in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
Also, as a country we've done everything we can to forget that the original Pledge of Allegiance was composed by a socialist.
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Also, as a country we've done everything we can to forget that the original Pledge of Allegiance was composed by a socialist.