Do you know a semaphore series that began as a protest of Nuclear Disarmament & continues as a Folkore Symbol?

Question

I was around when it was created about 45 years ago, and find it fascinating that it is still so wide spread. Though the meaning has changed through the years and some christians have even named it a symbol of Satan.

This should be an easy question for the Y Answers Elders.

Answer 1

Are you referring to the ubiquitous "Peace" symbol?

Answer 2

The semaphore or optical telegraph is an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, with towers with pivoting blades or paddles, shutters, in a matrix, or hand-held flags etc. Information is encoded by the position of the mechanical elements; it is read when the blade or flag is in a fixed position. In modern usage it refers to a system of signaling using two handheld flags. Other forms of optical telegraphy include ship flags, Aldis lamps, and Heliography's.



I work in the "Nuclear Industry" and I am aware of only "Green Peace" when they were hanging "No Nukes" banners on cooling towers. They may have had a need for a semaphore communication system prior to cell phones. Oddly enough "Green Peace" no longer views "Nuclear Power" an environmental threat.



I wish I could tell you more but perhaps it is the "Peace sign" you are referring to. The Church's in the 1960's deemed it to be an upside down cross. The "Peace Sign" would be more aptly classified as a "SIGIL" and not a "semaphore"

Answer 3

The CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) peace symbol, designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom for the CND Easter march against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in England. The semaphoric signals for the letters "N" and "D," standing for Nuclear Disarmament.



Some Christians see Satanic symbols everywhere.

Answer 4

Good question. I wish You luck in getting an honest answer.