Francis Bellamy & Edward Bellamy touted National Socialism in the USA decades before their dogma was exported to Germany. http://rexcurry.net/police-state.html
Swastika
The swastika, although an ancient symbol, was also used to represent "S" letters joined for "socialism" under the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis), similar to the alphabetical symbolism for the SS Division, the SA, the NSV, and the VW logo (the letters "V" and "W" joined for "Volkswagen"). http://rexcurry.net/bookchapter4a1a2a1.html
Girl Scouts Swastika Scouting Tattoo Swastikas Tattoos Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and American students spread flag fanaticism,
flag chanting, and the stiff-arm salute and military socialism worldwide.
http://rexcurry.net/pledge-of-allegiance-scouting.html
See the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BssWWZ3XEe4
Boy Scout swastika scouting
The Boy Scout Swastika is similar to that of the 45th Infantry Division and the Soviet Socialist Swastika.
http://rexcurry.net/ussr-socialist-swastika-cccp-sssr.html
The USA originated Nazism, Nazi salutes, flag fanaticism, robotic group-chanting to flags, and the modern swastika symbol, as shown in the research of the noted historian Dr. Rex Curry. The bizarre acts in the USA began as early as 1875 and continued through the creation of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German Nazis or NSGWP). The NSGWP had clear roots in National Socialism promoted by socialists in the USA. Amazing graphic images that prove the point are at http://rexcurry.net/theosophy-madame-blavatsky-theosophical-society.html
Also read about the 45th Infantry Division Sooner soldiers at
http://rexcurry.net/45th-infantry-division-swastika-sooner-soldiers.html
The USA is still the worst example in the world of bizarre laws that require robotic chanting to a national flag in government schools (socialist schools) every day for 12 years. It has changed generations of Americans from libertarians to authoritarians. The government bamboozled individuals into believing that robotic group-chanting in government schools is a beautiful expression of freedom. Frightening photographs are at http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.html
It started in 1875, when the Theosophical Society was created in New York. The TS was orgainized by Madame H.P. Blavatsky, Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (U.S. army, retired, and a writer for the New York Daily Graphic), and Charles Sotheran (an author, socialist, and a Freemason Supreme Council member of the Scottish Rite). The TS grew rapidly and soon after became international.
In 1888, Blavatsky and TS teamed up with Nationalist Clubs and the Nationalism movement under the notorious socialist Edward Bellamy, author of the book "Looking Backward," known as the Bible of Nationalism.
1890 (October) The Theosophist endorses Edward Bellamy, his book, and the Nationalist Party, and remarks about Theosophists being involved in the formation of the party and acting as its "most active and ardent workers and supporters." p 62. There is also a remark about "The Key to Theosophy" being translated into the German language (p. 61).
Theosophical writings of Annie Besant, Charles Leadbeater, and Helena Blavatsky, were translated and published in Germany. An 1892 periodical, Lotus Blossoms, featured Blavatsky's writings and "was the first German publication to sport the theosophical swastika upon its cover" (Goodrick-Clarke:25). As time went on numerous other Theosophy-based groups of occult socialism formed in Germany and Austria via Guido von List and Jorg Lanz von Liebenfels and Julius Streicher and others. Several of these groups would provide the philosophical framework for National Socialism in Germany.
Blavatsky used the swastika extensively, incorporating it into the seal of The Theosophy Society (NGC 20, JW 262 and CCM 39). The first German publication at this time to sport the Theosophical Swastika on its cover was "Lotusbluthen" (Lotus Blossoms). That was also in 1891 (NGC 25). The Theosophical publication for English children at that time was entitled 'Lotus Journal' (CCM 39).
Edward Bellamy was cousin and cohort to Francis Bellamy, another socialist famous for creating the "Pledge of Allegiance" in 1892.
Francis was a Freemason and he promoted the robotic chanting and the salute within that group and other groups. The Royal Masonic Cyclopaedia (1877) includes the swastika and calls it the Hermetic Cross (Hermeticism was a form of Gnostic Christianity) and refers to its use in Europe (France).