The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. In 1945, an estimated 340,000 people died when the United States dropped nuclear bombs on the cities of ...

Gerald Holtom's rarely exhibited original sketches for the peace symbol will go on view this March at the Imperial War Museum in London. Peace sign badges (courtesy ...

The peace sign wasn’t born from hope - it came from despair. In 1958, British artist Gerald Holtom designed it for an anti-nuclear protest, describing it as a man standing with his arms down in ...

The design was finalized in 2024, before Trump took office. The artist and U.S. Mint say it symbolizes the early U.S. quest for freedom from Britain.

For a younger generation, the once-powerful protest symbol packs about as much of a punch as a smiley face. Once the powerful logo of nuclear disarmament, the peace sign became so overused it lost its ...