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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The symbol was quickly adopted by other movements that seek to bring peace to the world. It has been used in civil rights marches of the 1960s and during the Black Lives Matter marches today.

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 ...

Russia has removed the image of a dove of peace from the cover of its official high school history textbook, Vladimir Medinsky, a senior aide to President Vladimir Putin and co-author of the ...

Some religious leaders and scholars in Ontario are worried the federal government's proposed ban on hate symbols will impact being able to display an ancient symbol that they say represents peace ...

On November 14, 2024, French-Lebanese pianist and composer Omar Harfouch made history in the Vatican Apostolic Library, ... it’s a global symbol of hope and peace, ...