A lot of nationalistic bullshit got forced on us by knee-jerk reactionaries. We dropped the Bellamy salute thankfully, and I think you can understand why it got replaced in 1942…

Upham, upon reading the pledge, came into the posture of the salute, snapped his heels together, and said, "Now up there is the flag; I come to salute; as I say ‘I pledge allegiance to my flag’