Several months ago, I was at Macy's and saw the cutest pair of pajamas. They were whimsical, colorful and I wanted them. I took them off the rack and went into the fitting room. It was there that I ...
The new book,Peace: The Biography of Symboltakes a look at the life of the cultural icon The symbol made its first public appearance in April 1958, when campaigners for nuclear disarmament held a four ...
Baby Boomers may recall it through a swirl of tear gas, scrawled on walls, on signs in marches and silent sit-ins, or on the helmet covers of weary Vietnam soldiers.The peace sign, which turns 50 in ...
WILKES-BARRE — Sophie Kurbanov busily worked on her personal peace symbol poster that she intends to hang on her bedroom wall. Kurbanov, 10, is one of 20 children attending this week’s Peace Camp at ...
In 1945, an estimated 340,000 people died when the United States dropped nuclear bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. After those attacks, other countries around the world began ...
Jim Marshall photographed the spread of the peace sign between 1961 and 1968, with his images now published for the first time by Reel Art Press. Cover of Jim Marshall: Peace (courtesy Reel Art Press) ...
Editor’s Note: Shepard Fairey is a street artist, graphic designer and activist. This is an edited excerpt from “Peace: Photographs by Jim Marshall,” published by Reel Art Press. The peace sign has ...
We’re all familiar with the peace sign, and not just because many of us went through that truly unfortunate early teen 2000s phase where holding up a peace sign in every photo was the answer to your ...
In the wake of Friday night’s Paris attacks, which left at least 128 people dead in six incidents around the city, one poignant sketch began circulating social media to honor the victims. The symbol, ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Paper cranes are small in size, but they carry a huge meaning. They’re considered a symbol of peace — traced back to more than 70 years ago — to a little girl in Japan named Sadako ...
The Statue of Peace in Copenhagen, a World War I memorial honoring Danish merchant sailors, set atop an Italian marble base symbolizing international unity and remembrance. The Statue of Peace: A ...