The Bellamy Flag Salute

Don't mind me, I'm just doing the flag salute whilst wearing an arm band with my favorite Buddhist symbol.

 

Yes. One of my college history profs was old enough to recall it firsthand, and why it fell out of favor.

 

In all honesty, from what little I've read of history I've learned that the more that things change, the more they stay the same.

I'd rather not say much more to avoid political stuff that I hate talking about even outside of TB.

 

An amusing story, I volunteered to go along with a field trip when one of my kids was in kindergarten. They started the school day with the Pledge on the loudspeakers. Later on I was chatting with one of the other parents, and she said: "My daughter says the Pledge every day, and she isn't even a US citizen."

 

They claim it's not, but you won't find me eating one of these things.

 

Well, look at the timeline. Albeit weird, it wasn't an "evil" way of doing it until the fascists adopted it. It seems the US was doing it before that fascists. Once the fascists adopted it, it fell out of favor. Am I missing something?

 

Holding your hand up in support is easier to do in a group, that's all. Until adopted by the Nazis, there wasn't any negative association with it, that's all. No, I'm not hat old, yes, I've seen the pictures. Just like certain haircuts.

 

agreed. it dates back to the 19th century. of course, some folks might say it's all propaganda. there was plenty of "evil" going on in the u.s. in the 19th century.

 

ftfy

 

It's fairly common to symbology to evolve.

There are many examples of this.

The swastika cross is another example.

How the Symbolism of the Swastika Was Ruined

 

Yep, there’s an apartment building in Birmingham built in the early 1900’s and the ground floor hallway to the elevators is inlaid tile and features a repeating pattern of swastikas. Apparently before it was co-opted it was a symbol of good luck and good fortune. The building changed hands some time back and the new owners wanted to tear out and replace the tile but it’s a protected historical building. They can update private spaces but any work in public spaces must be a faithful reproduction of the original, or so I was told.

 

Yup.
I gave a small lecture on this last year, many people have forgotten about it.

 

Sorry to hear they didn't find your lecture memorable.