>A great general has said that the only good Indian is a dead one, and that high sanction of his destruction has been an enormous factor in promoting Indian massacres. In a sense, I agree with the sentiment, but only in this: that all the Indian there is in the race should be dead. Kill the Indian in him…
—[Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction,
at the Nineteen Annual Session Held in Denver, Col. June 23-29, 1892.
Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis](https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/teach/kill-indian-him-and-save-man-r-h-pratt-education-native-americans).
>The Bellamy salute was first demonstrated on October 21, 1892, according to Bellamy’s published instructions for the “National School Celebration of Columbus Day” as the 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of America. Note, the Presidential Proclamation called for this special, national holiday to take place on Friday, October 21, rather than October 12. Waiting nine additional days accounted for all but two of the days which had been skipped in 1752 moving the United States from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The goal was to mark a full 400 years passing with a true work holiday, thus avoiding events falling on Saturday/Sunday. With an already established tradition celebrating Columbus’s having landed on October 12, New York City opted to schedule three special parades and several VIP celebrations with their events taking place on October 11, 12 and 13, 1892.
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>From The Official Programme regarding the planned flag salute:
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> >At a signal from the Principal the pupils, in ordered ranks, hands to the side, face the Flag. Another signal is given; every pupil gives the flag the military salute – right hand lifted, palm downward, to align with the forehead and close to it. Standing thus, all repeat together, slowly, “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands; one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.” At the words, “to my Flag”, the right hand is extended gracefully, palm upward, toward the Flag, and remains in this gesture till the end of the affirmation; whereupon all hands immediately drop to the side.
>…
>On June 22, 1942, … Congress passed Public Law 77-623, which codified the etiquette used to display and pledge allegiance to the flag. This included the use of a palm-out salute, specifically that the pledge “be rendered by standing with the right hand over the heart; extending the right hand, palm upward, toward the flag at the words ‘to the flag’ and holding this position until the end, when the hand drops to the side.”
—[Bellamy Salute – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute).
why do you think they want the humanities defunded and books banned?
ZaBaronDV on
Oh look. Another reductive and ignorant America-bashing post disguised as a history meme.
I’m tired.
sm753 on
People complain about the US school system being bad but keeps wanting the government to run everything…who runs the US school system?
MerelyMortalModeling on
Oh how original, another Amerikkka bad meme..
Successful_Gas_5122 on
You guys can’t even teach your own Civil War properly
crypticbru on
DOGE gut the education dept to combat waste, fraud and abuse. Worlds richest guy told me that.
UglyInThMorning on
Half the complaints I see online about American schools are “they didn’t teach us (x)”
I saw the exact same complaints from people I went to high school with and it’s always a “THEY DID TEACH IT, YOU WERE JUST NAPPING OR YELLING DUMB SHIT” thing.
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What US school system? Do you mean the Minnesota school system? The Texas school system? The North Dakota school system? The New York school system?
The DOE doesn’t run schools
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You won’t like this, but this is why my son is homeschooled
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First recorded user of the term “racism” Richard Henry Pratt, who started the infamous [“Boarding Schools”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_boarding_schools).
>A great general has said that the only good Indian is a dead one, and that high sanction of his destruction has been an enormous factor in promoting Indian massacres. In a sense, I agree with the sentiment, but only in this: that all the Indian there is in the race should be dead. Kill the Indian in him…
—[Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction,
at the Nineteen Annual Session Held in Denver, Col. June 23-29, 1892.
Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis](https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/teach/kill-indian-him-and-save-man-r-h-pratt-education-native-americans).
[Richard Henry Pratt – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Henry_Pratt).
[*Kill the Indian, Save the Man* – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Indian%2C_Save_the_Man).
Americans were also doing what’s called the “Bellamy Salute”, invented in 1892.
It’s *technically* not a Nazi salute. But the nature of its origin is effectively the same. Genocide, White Supremacy, [“Manifest Destiny”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny) (the USA’s version of [Lebensraum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensraum), [“the Volga will become our Mississippi”](https://www.iwmf.org/reporting/commentary-mmiw-profile-the-trail-of-tears/) and all that…
>The Bellamy salute was first demonstrated on October 21, 1892, according to Bellamy’s published instructions for the “National School Celebration of Columbus Day” as the 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of America. Note, the Presidential Proclamation called for this special, national holiday to take place on Friday, October 21, rather than October 12. Waiting nine additional days accounted for all but two of the days which had been skipped in 1752 moving the United States from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The goal was to mark a full 400 years passing with a true work holiday, thus avoiding events falling on Saturday/Sunday. With an already established tradition celebrating Columbus’s having landed on October 12, New York City opted to schedule three special parades and several VIP celebrations with their events taking place on October 11, 12 and 13, 1892.
>
>From The Official Programme regarding the planned flag salute:
>
> >At a signal from the Principal the pupils, in ordered ranks, hands to the side, face the Flag. Another signal is given; every pupil gives the flag the military salute – right hand lifted, palm downward, to align with the forehead and close to it. Standing thus, all repeat together, slowly, “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands; one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.” At the words, “to my Flag”, the right hand is extended gracefully, palm upward, toward the Flag, and remains in this gesture till the end of the affirmation; whereupon all hands immediately drop to the side.
>…
>On June 22, 1942, … Congress passed Public Law 77-623, which codified the etiquette used to display and pledge allegiance to the flag. This included the use of a palm-out salute, specifically that the pledge “be rendered by standing with the right hand over the heart; extending the right hand, palm upward, toward the flag at the words ‘to the flag’ and holding this position until the end, when the hand drops to the side.”
—[Bellamy Salute – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute).
[Public Law 77-623 – WikiSource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Public_Law_77-623).
why do you think they want the humanities defunded and books banned?
Oh look. Another reductive and ignorant America-bashing post disguised as a history meme.
I’m tired.
People complain about the US school system being bad but keeps wanting the government to run everything…who runs the US school system?
Oh how original, another Amerikkka bad meme..
You guys can’t even teach your own Civil War properly
DOGE gut the education dept to combat waste, fraud and abuse. Worlds richest guy told me that.
Half the complaints I see online about American schools are “they didn’t teach us (x)”
I saw the exact same complaints from people I went to high school with and it’s always a “THEY DID TEACH IT, YOU WERE JUST NAPPING OR YELLING DUMB SHIT” thing.
What US school system? Do you mean the Minnesota school system? The Texas school system? The North Dakota school system? The New York school system?
The DOE doesn’t run schools
You won’t like this, but this is why my son is homeschooled
r/ConspiracyTheoryMemes is thataways ->