The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag

You may know that the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was changed to include the words "under God," but did you know the words were actually changed three times?

 

 This is the original Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
44 STARS ON THE FLAG

 

The words "my flag" were changed to: "the flag of the United States."
48 STARS ON THE FLAG

 The words "of America" were added.
48 STARS ON FLAG

 The words "under God" were added.
48 STARS ON FLAG

 

 The Pledge of Allegiance remains the same when in January 1959, Alaska is admitted into the union and the flag gains one star (49 star flag).

 The Pledge of Allegiance remains the same when in August 1959, Hawaii is admitted into the union and the flag gains one star (50 star flag).

You probably think these are Nazi school children.
But they're not. They are American children saluting the American flag.

The Bellamy salute is a salute that you may not have ever heard about. It was the original salute made while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Italian fascists and Nazis adopted a salute which had the same form, resulting in controversy over the use of the Bellamy salute in the United States.

 It was officially replaced by the hand-over-heart salute when Congress amended the Flag Code on December 22, 1942.

The current manner in which to salute the flag when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.