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The inventor of the Bellamy salute was James B. Upham, junior partner and editor of The Youth's Companion. [1] 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 ...
As a result, the US Congress stipulated that the hand-over-the-heart gesture would instead be rendered by civilians during the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem, thereby replacing 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 ...
Congress did not discuss or take into account the controversy over use of the salute. Congress later amended the code on December 22, 1942, when it passed Public Law 77-829. Among other changes, it eliminated the Bellamy salute and replaced it with the stipulation that the pledge "be rendered by standing with the right hand over the heart." [25]
Bellamy was a Christian socialist, [1] who "championed 'the rights of working people and the equal distribution of economic resources, which he believed was inherent in the teachings of Jesus.'" [6] In 1891, Bellamy was "forced from his Boston pulpit for preaching against the evils of capitalism", [3] and eventually stopped attending church altogether after moving to Florida, reportedly ...
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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment protects students from being forced to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public school.
On Memorial Day, the U.S. honors those who've died in service with a 21-gun salute. But where did the practice come from? Saluting started out as a way to ritually disarm a weapon, signifying ...
Jackie Robinson had a throwback quote on the National Anthem that’s now making the rounds on social media. Robinson never liked the National Anthem and could never salute the flag due to the ...