The Roman Salute
No, it's not a Nazi salute, though most people in the United States think that's what it is when they see it given and it has been called that in this country for so long that you really can't blame the people too much. What it really should be called though, is a Roman Salute because that's where it came from, ancient Rome and is the oldest known form of salute. It was made popular in the early 1920's by Benito Mussolini and his Fascist Party who wanted to revive the Roman Empire and save Western Christian Civilization from the Communist-Socialist forces that were spreading like a cancer throughout Europe and the World. Hitler copied it from the Italians as did many other anti-Communist movements at the time.
Anyone who
has seen old movies where the Roman Centurian would come into the
room give this salute and say "Hail Cesear!" knows that
this salute was around a long 
time
ago.Yes the Nazis and Fascists use it, but so do a lot of other
people, especially military forces in the Middle East and Latin
America. It was even used in the United States during the
Revolutionary war and in the early part of the 1900's when new
citizens took their oath to the United States, we used it in our
schools to say the pledge of allegiance to our flag. If you go to
our photo page you'll see a photograph of president Franklin
Roosevelt being saluted in this manner. mostly because of
tradition, we've been using it since the early 1930's when the
Communist used the closed fist salute, the opposite of that being
the Roman Salute .
The
American Falangist Party discourages Party members from using
this salute too much in public until people become more informed.
The other s
alute we use is the Heart Salute, where the
right hand is placed across the left chest with the palm facing
the ground, it is used in Latin America when saluting the flag
during the National Anthem, especially in Mexico. Anyone who has
seen the Richard Dryfuss movie "Moon Over Parador" is
familiar with this salute. When American Falangists greet each
other they give this salute.
24 April
2000
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NATIONAL SYNDICAL AMERICAN FALANGIST PARTY