Viewers asked on social media during the Super Bowl whether a president is allowed to salute if he hasn’t served in the ...

"Viewed in that context, and regardless of any justification, his salute last night at Donald Trump's inauguration rally can only be interpreted as a Seig Heil salute that is synonymous with Nazi ...

He then put his right hand over his heart before extending ... U.S. schoolchildren perform the “Bellamy salute” to the American flag in 1941. [Photo: Wiki Commons] Later examples include ...

A similar salute was later adopted by Nazi Germany as a sign of allegiance to Adolf Hitler. The US Pledge of Allegiance, where Americans swear loyalty to their flag ... with the hand-over-heart ...

Though invented by his aide James Upham, the Bellamy salute is named for the author of the Pledge of Allegiance, a Baptist minister named Francis Bellamy who pushed to get flags and the pledge ...

President Donald Trump has made a habit of saluting during the national anthem despite the flag ... their hand over their heart - but not the commander-in-chief who went with a salute, despite ...

So was it a Hitler salute or wasn’t it? Speaking at President Donald Trump’s inauguration event this week, Elon Musk slapped his right hand on his ... to the American flag To modern eyes ...

Watching Musk's gesture immediately reminds the world of the Nazi salute due to statements in recent weeks showing support of Germany’s far-right AfD party. Many others have dismissed the hand ...

the US Congress amended the Flag Code in December 1942, changing the salute to placing a right hand over the heart. Shortly after World War II, Germany banned the salute and any displays of Nazi ...