The bellamy salute was not based on the “ancient roman salute,” which is a myth. There was no such official gesture/salute in ancient rome and Bellamy never said such a thing as the concept/myth did not even exist when Bellamy created the Pledge of Allegiance. However the Roman salute myth might have evolved from the fact that francis bellamy lived ( Read more... )

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The notorious American and National Socialist Edward Bellamy authored the socialist utopian fantasy "Equality." The popularity of Bellamy's eugenic utopia coincided with Alfred Ploetz's formulation of a scientific method for its realization. Ploetz (August 22, 1860 - March 20, 1940) was a German physician and eugenicist known for coining the term ( Read more... )