I'm just wondering...
2007-10-26 09:20:49 · 9 answers · asked by Zachary B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
One of the most widely known symbols in the world, in Britain it is recognized as standing for nuclear disarmament - and in particular as the logo of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). In the United States and much of the rest of the world it is known more broadly as the peace symbol.
It was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist and a graduate of the Royal College of Arts. He showed his preliminary sketches to a small group of people in the Peace News office in North London and to the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War, one of several smaller organizations that came together to set up CND. The Direct Action Committee had already planned what was to be the first major anti-nuclear march, from London to Aldermaston, where British nuclear weapons were and still are manufactured. It was on that march, over the 1958 Easter weekend that the symbol first appeared in public.
The symbol almost at once crossed the Atlantic. Bayard Rustin, a close associate of Martin Luther King had come over from the US in order to take part in that first Aldermaston March. He took the symbol back to the United States where it was used on civil rights marches. Later it appeared on anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and was even seen daubed in protest on their helmets by American GIs.
2007-10-26 09:27:52 · answer #1 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it originated from semaphore for the words Nuclear Disarmament
the flag positions then became the peace symbol
2007-10-26 09:28:08 · answer #2 · answered by ☮ Pangel ☮ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a symbol of airplanes during World War II.
2007-10-26 09:28:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Naval flag signals, hands straight up=N, hands out at 45 degree=D it stands for nuclear disarmament.
Got the signals backwards sorry!
2007-10-26 09:27:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amsterdam the smiley face started there also, the signs were used at the hash and heroin houses run by the govt. there first trust me, grrr lol And it was found later at Aldermaston, in Europe
2007-10-26 09:24:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
V for victory became V for end of war...thus peace,
2014-08-05 13:24:20 · answer #6 · answered by no name 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was started by the hippies in the 70's
2007-10-26 09:25:13 · answer #7 · answered by preacher 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Cheech and Chong, far out man...
2007-10-26 09:29:22 · answer #8 · answered by Norm 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Which one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_symbol
2007-10-26 09:26:02 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋