Monday, March 27, 2006

Peace symbol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia Entry of the Day
The Peace Symbol


As the anti-war movement grows in the United States, the Vietnam-era peace symbol is becoming a more common sight. I was curious about the origin of the symbol of the circle with a line straight up and down and two anchor legs going right and left from the midpoint.

According to Wikipedia, the symbol originated in 1958 in Great Britain as a symbol of the nuclear disarmament movement. It evolved into a more generic peace symbol somewhat later. The prongs inside the circle symbolize the semaphore codes for "N" and "D". Now you know.

Peace symbol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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