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Who Invented the Two-Fingered Peace Sign and Where Did the Gesture Come From?

June 20, 2020 by Karen Hill

The gesture of two fingers spread and raised in peace was popularized in the 1960s.

The sign is a physical interpretation of the peace symbol, an inverted or upside-down Y within a circle, which was designed in 1958 by members of the anti-nuclear Direct Action Committee.

The inverted Y is a combination of the maritime semaphore signals for N and D, which stood for “nuclear disarmament.”

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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