2 thoughts on “Does the Peace Sign actually mean Peace?”
JPenn
Interesting info on the Peace Symbol. Not sure where I heard before but I was told that the peace symbol of the i960’s represents the combination of two semaphore letters for N & D as in Nuclear Disarmament. The N is represented by the two downward arms and the D is represented by the middle beam. If you look at the semaphore alphabet this is true but not sure it actually represents the creation of the peace symbol of the 1960’s. However, it does give that explanation credence.
2 thoughts on “Does the Peace Sign actually mean Peace?”
Interesting info on the Peace Symbol. Not sure where I heard before but I was told that the peace symbol of the i960’s represents the combination of two semaphore letters for N & D as in Nuclear Disarmament. The N is represented by the two downward arms and the D is represented by the middle beam. If you look at the semaphore alphabet this is true but not sure it actually represents the creation of the peace symbol of the 1960’s. However, it does give that explanation credence.
I was taught that this “peace symbol” was created in 1958 by designer Gerald Holtom for Nuclear Disarmament.