http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pledge_of_Allegiance (This link is good for casual research only, because anyone is allowed to add to or modify the information at Wikipedia.)

This link might give you some more information about the different hand salutes and when "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance.

In Molly Saves the Day, you see Molly and her friends standing before the flag with their right hands over their heart. So I'm guessing that's what Molly might do in the movie. I think that would make more of sense if the extended arm salute was phased out in 1942, because Molly's stories take place in 1944-45. [img]wink.gif[/img]

I'm surprised to hear that some Americans still use the extended arm salute. Because of its strong associations with Nazis and Hitler, you'd think people would have stopped using that salute by now. [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]confused.gif[/img]

<font color="#33CCCC" size="1">[ October 30, 2006 06:42 AM: Message edited by: pidgetgirl ]</font>