Information is being sought on the historical archaeology of the Roman 
salute myth.

The historian Rex Curry helped to establish that there was no ancient Roman 
salute, and that the "ancient Roman salute" is a myth. 
http://rexcurry.net/pledgesalute.html

Professor Curry showed that the USA's first Pledge of Allegiance (to the 
flag) used a straight-arm salute and that it was the origin of the salute of 
the monstrous National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis).  It was not 
an ancient Roman salute.

The Pledge began with a military salute that then stretched out toward the 
flag. Historic photographs are at http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.html and at 
http://rexcurry.net/pledge_military.html   Due to the way that both gestures 
were used, the military salute led to the Nazi salute. The Nazi salute is an 
extended military salute. http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-pledge.html

Francis Bellamy (author of the "Pledge of Allegiance") and Edward Bellamy 
(author of the novel "Looking Backward") and Charles Bellamy (author of "A 
Moment of Madness") were socialists.  Francis and Edward were 
self-proclaimed National Socialists and they supported the "Nationalism" 
movement in the USA, the "Nationalist" magazine, the "Nationalist 
Educational Association," and their dogma of "military socialism," and 
Edward inspired the "Nationalist Party" (in the USA) and their dogma 
influenced socialists in Germany, and the Pledge was the origin of the Nazi 
salute. "Nazi" means "National Socialist German Workers' Party." A mnemonic 
device is the swastika. Although the swastika was an ancient symbol, 
Professor Curry discovered that it was also used sometimes by German 
National Socialists to represent "S" letters for their "socialism."  Hitler 
altered his own signature to use the same stylized "S" letter for 
"socialist" and similar alphabetic symbolism still shows on Volkswagens. 
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-swastika.html

Dr. Curry showed that many modern myths about swastikas are based on the 
false belief that Nazis called their symbol a "swastika."  German National 
Socialists did not use the word "swastika," but called their symbol a 
"Hakenkreuz."

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.