History 06/03/20 Why children in the United States swore his flag with the Nazi salute
This initiative is owned by the employee of magazine “The Youth’s Companion”, Francis Bellamy, in his time made a lot of noise in America — hand gesture when saying the pledge of allegiance to the U.S. flag resembled the Nazi “ging”.
the history of the tradition
As written, the biographer of Francis Bellamy, Margaret Miller, at the end of XIX century the author of the magazine “the Youth’s Companion”, which is also called the unlucky politician, joined in the campaign to promote the American flag. At that time in America between the States continued to exist disagreements about what has to be one of the symbols of the state.
the Magazine conducted its own large-scale campaign to supply American schools with state flags of the United States. Bellamy wrote the pledge of allegiance to the flag, and his colleague at the journal, James Upham came up with that it must be accompanied by outstretched in greeting hand. Originally this ritual was intended for schools and was first tested on one of the most important public holidays American Day of Columbus, in the year of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the continent (1892). Despite the fact that the idea of fireworks belonged to another man, in the story he came as the “Bellamy salute”.
What was the oath
the text of the oath of allegiance to the American flag was published in magazine “The Youth’s Companion” in 1892. Children during the Commission of this ritual was to stand in ranks at attention, to be on the flag and uttering oaths the phrase “my flag” to extend a hand in greeting, holding it in this position until the end of the utterance text. Subsequently, the “vow Bellamy,” began using military personnel.
the Controversy associated with the ritual
According to the Italian historian Guido Clemente, a gesture that is used when pronouncing “oath Bellamy”, was introduced, the governmentteli Ancient Rome and it was common to greet in this way could only emperors and military leaders. Historians argue about how the “Roman salute” in the twentieth century came into use the Nazis. It is believed that the initiator of its introduction of the rituals of the Italian fascists were Benito Mussolini, and then it was adopted by the German Nazis.
the American daily newspaper “The Washington Post” article about the history of the “Bellamy salute” mentions that since the mid 30-ies in the United States began a fierce debate about the gesture of “Roman salute” when saying the pledge of allegiance to the flag – it was identical to the “ging” of the Nazis, who came by that time to power in Germany. However, only in 1942 the U.S. Congress passed amendments to the procedure of oath — from this moment uttering it was to hold my right hand over my heart.
“The Washington Post” said that the oath contains 31 word. The referent of the library of Congress Elizabeth brown confirms that this ritual today is still present in American schools, with him every morning begins classes. Several generations of Americans grew up on this vow, says brown, she is part of a national tradition.
it is Noteworthy that the phrase “my flag”, followed by fireworks, were specially mentioned instead of “the flag of the United States,” this change is made in the text and in 1923 — to more strongly emphasize the involvement of every citizen to the subject of state symbols. And the phrase “under God” on the initiative of Presbyterian Minister George Docherty, in the oath imposed in the 50-ies, during the “cold war”, allegedly in defiance of the ideology of the Soviet Union because the Communists were atheists.
Nicholas Syromyatnikov
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