It originated from flag signals meaning nuclear disarmament. Today, activists, artists, and even kids use the peace sign, and it sends a powerful message. The peace symbol dates back more than ...

T he new book,Peace: The Biography of Symboltakes a look at the life of the cultural icon On the Move The symbol made its first public appearance in April 1958, when campaigners for nuclear ...

Ken Kolsbun, a peace symbol historian, believes the design’s simplicity played a role in its continued success. “You can have a 5-year-old draw it,” he said in a phone interview.

The symbol was quickly adopted by other movements that seek to bring peace to the world. It has been used in civil rights marches of the 1960s and during the Black Lives Matter marches today.

For a younger generation, the once-powerful protest symbol packs about as much of a punch as a smiley face. Once the powerful logo of nuclear disarmament, the peace sign became so overused it lost ...

Local News On the Common, gathering together as a symbol for peace Children’s Service of Roxbury attempted to set a Guinness world record by creating the world’s largest human peace sign on ...

In the U.K. the symbol has remained the logo of CND since the late 1950s, but internationally it has taken on a broader message signifying peace.

WILKES-BARRE — Sophie Kurbanov busily worked on her personal peace symbol poster that she intends to hang on her bedroom wall. Kurbanov, 10, is one of 20 children attending this week’s Peace ...

"Now when you see the peace symbol, it's a fashion statement first," says Joseph Kotarba, a sociology professor at the University of Houston. "It's part of the general pattern of periodic ...

To some, the crude, 30-foot high peace symbol--the universally recognized trident inside a circle--was just vandalism, an eyesore, an insult. To others, it was a homely work of art, an inspiration.

Baby Boomers may recall it through a swirl of tear gas, scrawled on walls, on signs in marches and silent sit-ins, or on the helmet covers of weary Vietnam soldiers.The peace sign, which turns 50 ...