# North Korea, I'm impressed

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**Created:** [June 25, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-im-impressed/723455 "2015-06-25T18:00:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-im-impressed/723455/21 "2015-06-26T18:26:59Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> Hmmm. Thousands of people with one arm raised straight out with the hand higher than the head. Where have I seen that before?

American schools in the 1930s?

> **[Bellamy salute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute)**
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> The Bellamy salute is a palm-out salute created by James B. Upham as the gesture that was to accompany the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America, whose text had been written by Francis Bellamy. It was also known as the "flag salute" during the period when it was used with the Pledge of Allegiance. Bellamy promoted the salute and it came to be associated with his name. Both the Pledge and its salute originated in 1892. Later, during the 1920s and 1930s, Italian fascists and Nazi G...

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