The magazine urged every school in the nation to observe a ritual flag salute. The ceremony was to include a Pledge of Allegiance composed by Francis Bellamy, a former Baptist minister.

The Pledge of Allegiance has been a topic of discussion since it was first penned ... Even the salute, which is today performed with the right hand over heart, was altered in the 1940s. The original ...

“We claim that Frank Bellamy, who lived back at the turn of the century, as in 1890’s to 1900, we think that he wrote the Pledge of Allegiance,” said Mike Wood, Cherryvale Historical Museu ...

keeping it raised while reciting the pledge. Although this practice was discontinued during World War II because of its striking similarity to the Nazi salute, Bellamy actually articulated this ...