Ironically, he would go on to use military sign language to create a succinct new symbol for peace. During the Second World War, Holtom, himself a peace activist, learned navy flag signal codes ...

They are enclosed in a circle that represents the earth/world. “The peace symbol, which consists of three simple lines within a circle, was unveiled at a British ‘ban-the-bomb’ rally on ...

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.In mythology, the sea god ...

The hand gesture peace sign — two fingers in a "V" shape — is believed to have originated in Europe during World War II as a signal for "victory." But today's peace symbol has lost some of its ...

Then there is the case of the peace sign. Originally devised in the late 1950s by the activist and designer Gerald Holtom as a symbol for the British antinuclear proliferation movement, the ...

Hundreds of men, women, and children gathered Saturday on Boston Common to attempt to set a Guinness world record for the largest human peace symbol. About noon, 1,682 people — by a Guinness ...

But after 9/11 many Americans found themselves wanting the World Trade Center to carry the meaning that the architect intended for it — to symbolize the best intentions of America’s role in ...

But to succeed in this vast enterprise, we need world peace and world trade. The two go together, peace to guarantee trade, ... World trade is the symbol of the new era as militarism was of the old.