scouts also used the salute. they likely adopted it from the bellamy salute: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-glass-plate-photograph-of-a-child-in-a-scout-u

scouts also used the salute. they likely adopted it from the bellamy salute: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-glass-plate-photograph-of-a-child-in-a-scout-uniform-saluting-captured-129179107.html https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-glass-plate-photograph-o... https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/girls-scouts-the-salute-to-the-colours-france-1934-news-photo/56208695 https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/girls-scouts... https://www.alamy.com/fine-70s-vintage-black-and-white-lifestyle-photography-of-girl-scouts-giving-the-grand-salute-to-the-scout-flag-image366543161.html https://www.alamy.com/fine-70s-vintage-black-and-white-lifes... this last article alleges that the bellamy salute itself was meant to spread national socialist ideology and the police state which is of course absurd, but it has some good historical photos that are worth looking at: https://rexcurry.net/pledge-of-allegiance-scouting.html https://rexcurry.net/pledge-of-allegiance-scouting.html