"V" for Victory

The "V" for victory symbol was made famous by Winston Churchill when he held up his arm and raised two fingers in the shape of a "V." He used this symbol often during the "blitz" and to rally the British people during difficult times.

When America entered the war, the Americans applied the symbol and the word to many different things. We had, for instance, victory gardens, victory bicycles, victory dances, victory rallies, and victory drives. The victory war drives were simply rallies to sell war bonds for the war effort. The War Bond Drive was usually accompanied by a well-known returning war hero.