1. OLIVE BRANCH iStock The use of the olive branch as a symbol for peace and end of conflict dates back to ancient Greece, where it was worn by brides and bestowed on Olympic winners.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

"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 ...

We all know the Peace Symbol, which Americans of a certain age associate with the protests against the Vietnam War. Fewer know that the symbol is much older than that, dating back to ANOTHER ...

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 ...

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 ...

An 8-foot-tall mock-decoupaged version of the peace symbol stands sentinel inside the front door of the Beverly Hills store. The irony of using hippie to hawk high-end isn’t lost on Doonan.