When it come to peace sign tattoos this one seems to be the one that really stands out as a classic. You know the type you would mostly expect to see. It looks just like the one that you would find painted on the side of the flower painted Volkswagen bus. It makes you want to take out a guitar and start singing folk songs and stuff like that. Let your hair grow down to your back and walk around saying ‘right on’. And while your at it you can move into a hippy commune and live in barn that has a sixteen foot high peace sign just like this one painted on the side of it.
You just never know what kind of feeling you’ll conjure up from people when show them peace sign tattoos. Of course the youngest among us, have no real memories of those days and all they know is what they may have seen once or twice in a Woodstock documentary. But the idea of the peace sign was actually a nice one. Make love, not war was the motto of the day and there’s never anything wrong with that. To all of the peace sign tattoos, I say thanks for the memories.
You just never know what kind of feeling you’ll conjure up from people when show them peace sign tattoos. Of course the youngest among us, have no real memories of those days and all they know is what they may have seen once or twice in a Woodstock documentary. But the idea of the peace sign was actually a nice one. Make love, not war was the motto of the day and there’s never anything wrong with that. To all of the peace sign tattoos, I say thanks for the memories.
Peace sign tattoo seem to be everywhere in recent years. It seems like there are more and more people sporting these designs. But, few people know the history of the peace sign. So, before you decide if you want one or not let’s take a moment and discuss the history of the peace sign tattoo. One of the most widely known symbols in the world, in Britain it is recognized as standing for nuclear disarmament and in particular as the logo of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. It was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist and a graduate of the Royal College of Arts. He showed his preliminary sketches to a small group of people in the Peace News office in North London and to the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War. The Direct Action Committee had already planned what was to be the first major anti-nuclear march, from London to Aldermaston, where British nuclear weapons were and still are manufactured. It was on that march, over the 1958 Easter weekend that the symbol first appeared in public. Gerald Holtom explained that the symbol incorporated the semaphore letters N(uclear) and D(isarmament). And now that your armed with a little knowledge about the history of the peace sign tattoo then you can go out and get yours done with confidence.