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2005-03-03 11:44:21 UTC
New Jersey's government schools might drop the pledge of allegiance /
anthem recitation each morning. The Pledge was the origin of the Nazi
salute and has a putrid past. http://rexcurry.net/pledgesalute.html
As an alternative to ending the pledge, State legislators and the Brick
NJ School Board are being asked to teach the full history of the pledge
of allegiance, including its original straight-arm salute. It follows
an incident during the pledge / anthem morning recitation. The Board
is being asked to use historic photographs of the Nazi-style salute
that predated the Nazi by three decades. A new discovery shows that the
straight-armed salute of the Nazi Party originated in the USA from the
common military salute.
Eye popping photos are at http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.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.
It resulted in robotic chanting by children in military formation each
day upon the ring of a government bell like Pavlov's lapdogs of the
state.
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 USA had a sad role in the military-socialism and salute of the
Nazis in Germany. Help to set the record straight.
http://rexcurry.net/pledgeapology.html
anthem recitation each morning. The Pledge was the origin of the Nazi
salute and has a putrid past. http://rexcurry.net/pledgesalute.html
As an alternative to ending the pledge, State legislators and the Brick
NJ School Board are being asked to teach the full history of the pledge
of allegiance, including its original straight-arm salute. It follows
an incident during the pledge / anthem morning recitation. The Board
is being asked to use historic photographs of the Nazi-style salute
that predated the Nazi by three decades. A new discovery shows that the
straight-armed salute of the Nazi Party originated in the USA from the
common military salute.
Eye popping photos are at http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.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.
It resulted in robotic chanting by children in military formation each
day upon the ring of a government bell like Pavlov's lapdogs of the
state.
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 USA had a sad role in the military-socialism and salute of the
Nazis in Germany. Help to set the record straight.
http://rexcurry.net/pledgeapology.html