they started saying the pledge of allegiance in schools without the bellamy salute on december 22, 1942.
they started saying the pledge of allegiance in schools without the bellamy salute on december 22, 1942.
when did they start saying the pledge of allegiance in schools without the bellamy salute?
december 22, 1942
in 1892, francis bellamy created what was known as the bellamy salute. it started with the hand outstretched toward the flag, palm down, and ended with the palm up. because of the similarity between the bellamy salute and the nazi salute, which was adopted in germany later, the us congress stipulated that the hand-over-the-heart gesture as the salute to be rendered by civilians during the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem in the us would be the salute to replace the bellamy salute. removal of the bellamy salute occurred on december 22, 1942, when congress amended the flag code language first passed into law on june 22, 1942. attached to bills passed in congress in 2008 and then in 2009 (section 301(b)(1) of title 36, united states code), language was included which authorized all active duty military personnel and all veterans in civilian clothes to render a proper hand salute during the raising and lowering of the flag, when the colors are presented, and during the national anthem.
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the inventor of the bellamy salute was james b. upham, junior partner and editor of "the youth's companion". bellamy recalled that upham, upon reading the pledge, came into the posture of the salute, snapped his heels together, and said "now up there is the flag; i come to salute; as i say 'i pledge allegiance to my flag,' i stretch out my right hand and keep it raised while i say the stirring words that follow."









































the bellamy salute was first demonstrated on october 12, 1892, according to bellamy's published instructions for the "national school celebration of columbus day":
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