Though invented by his aide James Upham, the Bellamy salute is named for the author ... Image from the Annual report of the Board of Education of School District Number One in the City and County ...

As the pledge quickly became popular, a magazine called the Youth Companion, where Bellamy worked, decided to create a salute to go with the words. Named the Bellamy salute, it consisted of a ...

a version of which is recited by many American school children to this day. Along with his boss, James Upton, Bellamy also came up with a salute to accompany the recital of the pledge: Stand up ...

U.S. schoolchildren perform the “Bellamy salute” to the American flag in 1941. [Photo: Wiki Commons] Later examples include a 1921 sculpture by François-Léon Siccard in the Paris Panthéon.

The US Pledge of Allegiance, where Americans swear loyalty to their flag, was originally accompanied by the "Bellamy salute," which bore an uncanny resemblance to what later became associated with ...

In fact, when an early version of the current American pledge of allegiance was introduced in 1892 at the Chicago World Fair, its recitation was accompanied by the “Bellamy salute” – a ...

A similar salute was later adopted by Nazi Germany as a sign of allegiance to Adolf Hitler. The US Pledge of Allegiance, where Americans swear loyalty to their flag, was originally accompanied by the ...

So was it a Hitler salute or wasn’t it? Speaking at President Trump’s inauguration event this week, Elon Musk slapped his right hand on his chest before shooting his arm diagonally upward ...

US schoolchildren performing the Bellamy salute to the flag of the United States, 1941. Following the French example, the salute was adopted by other republics – including, in certain contexts ...

In fact, when an early version of the current American pledge of allegiance was introduced in 1892 at the Chicago World Fair, its recitation was accompanied by the “Bellamy salute” – a similar form of ...

Tech billionaire and staunch Donald Trump ally Elon Musk has responded to widespread outrage after he made what some described as a Nazi salute at the presidential inauguration Monday.