U.S. schoolchildren perform the “Bellamy salute” to the American flag in 1941. [Photo: Wiki Commons] Later examples include a 1921 sculpture by François-Léon Siccard in the Paris Panthéon.

A salute to the American flag To modern eyes, it would be jarring to see a group of schoolchildren giving the stiff-armed salute to the American flag. But the gesture was commonplace for decades.

US schoolchildren performing the Bellamy salute to the flag of the United States, 1941. Following the French example, the salute was adopted by other republics – including, in certain contexts ...

A salute to the American flag To modern eyes, it would be jarring to see a group of schoolchildren giving the stiff-armed salute to the American flag. But the gesture was commonplace for decades.

The Roman salute was appropriated by Fascists in the 1920s; the term ‘fascism’ comes from the Roman word ‘fasces’, which were ...

Elon Musk and the Roman salute: What it is and why it doesn't matter what you call it Some are bending over backwards to defend the X CEO's gesture, but it's intrinsically tied to fascism.

In the 1900s, the “Roman salute” further crept into popular visual culture through early films focused on the passion of Christ or Christianity in a Roman context and through art.

Some tried to defend Musk's salute as 'Roman.' That's not a thing. Some ran to Musk’s defense, saying what he did was “a Roman salute,” like the kind of thing you’d see in a gladiator movie.