Peace symbol turns 50 today

By Ezra Winton, February 21, 2008 Comments (1)

Democracy Now reported this morning that the peace symbol turns 50 today. Fifty years ago a British textiles designer created the symbol out of the letters "N" and "D" to stand for nuclear disarmament. The symbol was used in the anti-nuclear campaigns in the UK and quickly spread global, becoming the internationally recognized symbol for peace.

Some folks have created a website, Happybirthdaypeace.com dedicated to the symbol's birthday, with oodles of info and media, including various versions of the design from all over the world.

Peace.


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Submitted by Jep, its anonymus (not verified) on Mon, 2008-02-25 10:05.

... it's the representation of the semaphore letters "N" and "D"

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