| The first famous person to use the peace symbol was pacifist Bertrand
Russell. His group used it during a protest march in 1958 for nuclear
disarmament in Aldermaston, England. Activist Gerald Holtom, who
designed the symbol, based it on the international semaphore alphabet.
This system uses flag signals in place of letters like a code. The
peace sign is actually the flag signals for 'N' and 'D' superimposed upon
each other and it stands for Nuclear Disarmament. It has since become
the international symbol for peace. |
