" By the middle of the 1960’s, the peace symbol had become highly recognizable and popular in use among the counter culture. Hippies, youth that made up the counterculture, were rebellious in every sense, rejecting commercialism and big business for “shared property, spiritual growth and health foods” (Kosbun, 90). "

- (http://americanwiki.pbworks.com/w/page/33122540/the%20peace%20symbol%20and%20hippie%20culture?revision=99568442, Williams ,2010)