It originated from flag signals meaning nuclear disarmament. Today, activists, artists, and even kids use the peace sign, and it sends a powerful message. The peace symbol dates back more than ...

Then there is the case of the peace sign. Originally devised in the late 1950s by the activist and designer Gerald Holtom as a symbol for the British antinuclear proliferation movement, the ...

Gerald Holtom's rarely-exhibited 1958 sketches of the peace symbol will go on view this March in "People Power" at the Imperial War Museum in London.

WORCESTER — A Palestinian flag is flying outside Worcester City Hall and those who requested that it fly there say it's a message of peace amidst the deadly war between Israel and Hamas.

WORCESTER — A Palestinian flag is flying outside Worcester City Hall and those who requested that it fly there say it's a message of peace amidst the deadly war between Israel and Hamas.