March 27, 2012

The student body of Mount Ida (Montgomery County) public schools is shown gathered outside the high school reciting the Pledge of Allegiance sometime in the 1930s. Students can clearly be seen performing the traditional salute method, which at the time required the right arm to be extended toward the flag during the recitation. This form of salute was discontinued in 1942.

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