Roman salute
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The Roman salute, also known as the fascist salute, is a gesture in which the right hand is swung from the left shoulder to fully extend the right arm forward perpendicular to the torso, with palm dow
The Oath of the Horatii (1784), by Jacques-Louis David, the painting which originated the salute
Trajan's Column, Plate LXII. Onlookers raise their arms to acclaim the emperor using a gesture very different from the "Roman salute".
Augustus of Prima Porta
The Tennis Court Oath (1791), by Jacques-Louis David
Bellamy salute
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The Bellamy salute is a straightened hand and palm-down salute to the flag of the United States. Created by James B. Upham as the gesture that was to accompany the Pledge of Allegiance of the United S
Roman salute
…Roman culture were further developed in other neoclassic artworks. In the United States, a similar salute for the Pledge of Allegiance known as the Bellamy salute was created by James B. Upham to accompany the Pledge, written by Francis Bellamy in 1892. The gesture was further elaborated upon in popular culture…
Children performing the Bellamy salute to the flag of the United States, 1941
School children saluting the American flag, September 1915
Children salute the American flag in front of the school in Morgan Hill, California, in the 1930s
A group of U.S. schoolchildren pledging their allegiance to the flag, May 1942