The peace sign is a
symbol that is very well known to many people.
It has become a symbol that has stood for years and has been used in
many different things. It was designed
by Gerald Holtom in 1958. The design was
initially intended to be the symbol for the Direct Action Committee Against
Nuclear War, also known as the DAC.
Within the sign there are two letters represented in the lines, an N and
a D, which are representative of “Nuclear disarmament.” The letters are from signals that are used to
convey messages from ship to ship, which were called semaphore letters. The N is the three lines that are pointed
downwards. The person who is doing the
signal is holding flags pointed downwards at a 45 degree angle, so the two 45 degree
lines are the N. The D is made by a
person holding one flag upward and one flag downwards, so the D is the long
center line. Here is a diagram:
When the symbol was
finished on February 21, 1958, it became known in Britain for nuclear
disarmament, but when it spread to the United States it became known for
peace. It became internationally known
for peace after that.
There are a few things that have similar symbols that have
posed a challenge to the symbol are some anti-Christian symbols and a Nazi
symbol. This symbol is found on some
Nazi graves:
The
survivors of the holocaust probably struggle with the use of this symbol
because it was used as a symbol in a war that killed so many people.
Nero
crucified the apostle peter upside down, and the upside down cross, which
resembles the peace sign, was used as a Christian symbol. Lately, it has been used for satanistic
purposes.
The peace sign is
widely known for peace, but sometimes the symbol has been equated to things
that it was not intended to be.
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