Instructions for carrying out the salute were also printed in Youth's Companion. The gesture came to be called the Bellamy salute, in honor of the Pledge's author.

The Bellamy Salute consisted of each person – man, woman or child – extending his or her right arm straight forward, angling slightly upward, fingers pointing directly ahead.

The Bellamy Salute was first demonstrated on Oct . 21, 1892 according to Bellamy’s published instructions for the “National School Celebration of Columbus Day” as the “400th Anniversary of ...

The lesson involved the teacher explaining to 11th grade history students that the "Bellamy salute" used to be performed when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, ...

The salute eventually changed to one placing the right hand on the front of the left shoulder – thus, crossing their arm over their heart. The words “flag of the United States of America ...

A photo from the 1942 Lolomi, the yearbook of what is today A.C. Davis High School in Yakima, shows students in the auditorium saluting the American flag with what was known as the "Bellamy Salute." ...

A Jewish student was reprimanded by officials at his Alabama high school after he shared on social media a video of his teacher and classmates doing a Nazi salute.Mountain Brook high school student… ...

The Bellamy Salute consisted of each person – man, woman or child – extending his or her right arm straight forward, angling slightly upward, fingers pointing directly ahead.