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A peace symbol is a thing or occurrence that for various reasons has been connected with and chosen to symbolize peace. A peace symbol is generally regarded as a very positive symbol, and are used for many causes, for example by various international organizations, as well as in protest or manifestations.1 Generic peace symbols
1.1 The dove and the olive branch
A white dove is generally a symbol for peace. This comes from an old biblical motif; a dove was supposed to have been released by Noah after the flood in order to find land; it came back carrying an olive branch, telling Noah that, somewhere, there was land. A dove with an olive branch, then, has come to symbolize peace.
1.2 "The 70's" peace symbol
The peace symbol (☮) was designed and completed February 21 1958 by Gerald Holtom , a commercial artist in Britain. The symbol resembles a crow's foot in a circle.
Holtom had been commissioned by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to design a symbol for use at an Easter march to Canterbury Cathedral in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in England.
The peace symbol was popularized in America by such pacifist figures as Albert Bigelow.
The symbol itself is a combination of the semaphoreThe semaphore line was a signalling system invented by the Chappe brothers in France. It is different from the naval semaphore system that uses hand-held flags, which was invented later. Claude Chappe began development when he and his four brothers lost t signals for the letters "N" and "D", standing for Nuclear Disarmament. (The letter "N" is two flags held in an upside-down "V", and the letter "D" is one flag pointed straight up and the other pointed straight down).
Conspiracy theoristsFor the movie, see Conspiracy Theory (movie # A conspiracy theory is a theory that defies common historical or current understanding of events, under the claim that those events are the result of manipulations by one or more secretive powers or conspiraci have ascribed a number of occult meanings to the symbol, rejecting the explanation that it stems from the semaphore. The far-right John Birch SocietyThe John Birch Society (JBS) is an ultra conservative organization that was founded in 1958 to fight the perceived threat of Communism in the United States. It describes itself as "a membership-based organization dedicated to restoring and preserving free, for instance, has referred to it as a "broken cross" – accusing the peace movementSocial Justice Pacifism The global peace movement refers to a sense of common purpose among organizations that seek to end wars and minimize inter-human violence, usually through pacifism, non-violent resistance, diplomacy, boycott and moral purchasing. of repudiating ChristChrist from the Greek Χριστός, or Khristós means anointed and is equivalent to the Hebrew term Messiah''. Also suitable is the approximate name pronounced at the time ,Yeshua. In the Christian religi. It has also been called a relative of the Nazi swastikaThe swastika is a cross with its arms bent 90° to either right or left. It is usually oriented horizontally or at a 45° angle. Geometrically, the swastika might be regarded as an irregular icosagon, a 20-sided polygon. Its Indian form typically features a – or the rune algiz inverted, said to mean "hidden danger". It resembles the rune calc.
In Unicode, the peace symbol is U+262E, and can thus be generated in HTML by typing ☮ or ☮. However, many browsers will not have a font that can display it.
