The peace symbol originated as a sign based on an “individual in despair . . . in the manner of Goya’s peasant before the firing squad.” The symbol that would become synonymous with the ...

Today it means peace, but the iconic two-finger gesture has a much deeper and more surprising story. From World War victories to counterculture movements, discover how this simple sign transformed ...

But turns out, the peace sign we know and love isn’t so much an ancient omnipresent symbol after all.In fact, it was created by an artist, Gerald Holtom, in 1958 as part of a series of anti ...

Between 1961 and 1968, photographer Jim Marshall followed the spread of the peace sign. Designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, its subsequent adoption ...

She said, "Peace is way bigger than not being at war. This is a spiritual thing." Jensen, a past association president, calculates the fines will cost her about $1,000, and doubts they will be ...

It's unlikely the creator of the iconic '60s peace symbol envisioned making a fashion statement well into the 21st century. Today, designers have embraced the symbol again, using it on T-shirts ...

Whether it’s LED tree-toppers on the shelf at Urban Outfitters or a psychedelic, water-wheel-sized installation on the sales floor at Barneys New York, the peace symbol has become the unofficial ...

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 ...

The peace sign has long been an important image and symbol for me, not just because I am pro-harmony and anti-war, but because it is the graphic icon that taught me the power of an easily ...

They’d kept the central piece of the sign, the crux of the peace symbol, stowed away on the tree-covered east side of the yard, right up against the exterior wall of the house.