The science of language in OED (Oxford English Dictionary) shows USA origin of Nazi salute

The OED (Oxford English Dictionary) supports Dr. Rex Curry's discovery
that the Nazi salute originated in the United States. Dr. Curry showed
that the USA's early pledge of allegiance to the flag (1892) used a
straight-arm salute and it was the source of the salute of the
monstrous National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis). The salute
of German Socialists has sometimes been labeled an "ancient Roman
salute." Dr. Curry helped to establish that it was not an ancient
Roman salute, and that the "ancient Roman salute" is a modern myth that
grew during and after the lives of Edward Bellamy (1850-1898) and
Francis Bellamy (1855-1931).
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-pledge.html

The earliest OED reference to "Roman salute" is a 1959 reference to the
Chambers's Encyclopedia. The OED states: "Chambers's Encycl. XII. 173/2
Special forms of salute, the clenched fist salute of the Communists,
the 'Roman salute' of the Fascists and the Hitler salute, have been
a feature of modern political life."

Chambers's Encyclopedia puts the Roman reference in quotation marks, as
if to indicate that it is the "so-called" Roman salute and that the
phrase is not historically accurate. The Chambers Encyclopedia thus
supports Dr. Curry's discoveries.

An earlier OED reference exists for "raised-arm salute" in a 1943
reference to a David Gascoyne poem. The poem states, "...the centurions
wear riding-boots, Black shirts and badges and peaked caps, Greet one
another with raised-arm salutes...." Gascoyne did not use the term
"Roman salute," and that may suggest that the gesture was not widely
known by that name at that time. Gascoyne's poem shows how the Roman
salute myth spread. Gascoyne was a surrealist and his poem mixes
images from a Roman crucifixion with images under the National
Socialist German Workers' Party. Gascoyne had joined the Communist
Party of Great Britain in 1936 and broadcast some radio talks for the
Barcelona-based propaganda ministry. However, he soon became
disillusioned and left the party.

Dr. Curry knows of two other uses of "Roman salute" that pre-date the
OED reference. The earliest of the two uses is 1937, and the other is
1938, and the references are by different authors.

Even the author of the Pledge of Allegiance, Francis Bellamy,
specifically described how he created the salute and he did not base it
on any Roman salute myth. Bellamy never used the term "Roman salute" in
his life, and he did not even know of such a myth as the myth did not
exist at that time, as shown by Dr. Curry. The myth developed from the
Pledge. The OED also supports those facts.

The OED also supports Dr. Curry's work in that there is no example of
Hitler ever referring to the salute as a "Roman salute." Other
sources show that Hitler referred to it as the "German salute."
Hitler said he first saw the salute about 1921 at a Ratskeller in
Bremen. The OED also gives examples of the phrase "Hitler salute"
that pre-date the OED references for "Roman salute."

The original Pledge of Allegiance began with a military salute that
then stretched out toward the flag. Historic photographs are at
http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.html and at
http://rexcurry.net/pledge_military.html In actual use, the second
part of the gesture was performed with a straight arm and palm down by
children extending the military salute while perfunctorily performing
the forced ritual chanting. Professor Curry showed that, due to the
way that both gestures were used sequentially in the pledge, the
military salute led to the hard, stylized salute of German socialists.
The Nazi salute is an extended military salute via the pledge.
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-pledge.html

Francis Bellamy (author of the "Pledge of Allegiance") and Edward
Bellamy (author of the novel "Looking Backward") and Charles Bellamy
(author of "A Moment of Madness") and Frederick Bellamy (who introduced
Edward to socialistic "Fourierism") were socialists. Edward, Charles
and Frederick were brothers, and Francis was their cousin. Francis and
Edward were both self-proclaimed National Socialists and they supported
the "Nationalism" movement in the USA, the "Nationalist" magazine, and
the "Nationalist Educational Association." They wanted to nationalize
everything and they wanted all of society to ape the military and they
touted "military socialism" and the "industrial army." Edward inspired
the "Nationalist Party" (in the USA) and their dogma influenced
socialists worldwide (including Germany) via "Nationalist Clubs."
http://rexcurry.net/bellamy-edward-german-connections.html The Pledge
was the origin of the Nazi salute. "Nazi" means "National Socialist
German Workers' Party." A mnemonic device is the swastika. Although the
swastika was an ancient symbol, Professor Curry discovered that it was
also used sometimes by German National Socialists to represent "S"
letters for their "socialism." Curry changed the way that people view
the symbol of the horrid National Socialist German Workers' Party.
Hitler altered his own signature to use the same stylized "S" letter
for "socialist" and similar alphabetic symbolism still shows on
Volkswagens. http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-swastika.html

The Roman salute myth is still repeated in modern efforts to cover-up
Dr. Curry's discoveries about the Pledge's poisonous pedigree.

The Bellamys promoted a government takeover of schools. When the
government granted their wish, the government schools imposed
segregation by law and taught racism as official government policy.
The schools mandated the robotic chanting of the pledge with the
Nazi-style salute and persecuted and expelled children who would not
comply, arrested parents, and even took children from parents on
allegations of "unfit parenting."

The USA still follows similar anti libertarian policies promoted by the
Bellamys. Many socialist Bellamy policies caused the USA's big,
expensive and oppressive government and its growing police-state. The
Pledge still exists along with laws mandating that teachers lead the
robotic pledge chanting every day for twelve years of each child's
life (though the salute was altered). The government still owns and
operates schools, including the same schools that imposed segregation
by law and taught racism as official government policy. The U.S.
practice of imposing segregation by law in government schools and
teaching racism as official policy even outlasted the National
Socialist German Workers' Party by over 15 years. After segregation in
government's schools ended, the Bellamy legacy caused more police-state
racism of forced busing that destroyed communities and neighborhoods
and deepened hostilities. Those schools still exist. Infants are given
social security numbers that track and tax them for life. Government
schools demand the numbers for enrollment.

People who attended government schools in the USA are shocked to learn
of the new discoveries, and they have difficulty responding in a
rational manner. They are humiliated and embarrassed that they have
been kept ignorant by government schools and even lied to while being
led in robotic chanting for 12 years. The stereotypical response
involves a state of denial where the respondent can formulate no
factual dispute (a mental block-out of the factual history) and only
childish insults that evade the topic altogether. It shows how
conditioned US citizens are by the years of robotic chanting. Some US
citizens are not able to face the reality of the history of the pledge.
The pledge has become an example of how dangerous government schools
are. The pledge is a primary justification for ending government
schools. As the saying goes: remove the pledge from the flag, the flag
from the schools, and the schools from government.

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