By — Corinne Segal Corinne Segal Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/thousands-gather-create-human-peace-sign-john-lennons-75th-birthday Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Thousands gather to create human peace sign for John Lennon’s 75th birthday Arts Oct 6, 2015 4:51 PM EDT #ImaginePeace #centralpark @lennonbus @NYPDnews #NYPD #NYC pic.twitter.com/MCdJTlMtMT — NYPD Central Park (@NYPDCentralPark) October 6, 2015 Thousands of people gathered in Central Park’s East Meadow today as Yoko Ono led an attempt to create the largest-ever human peace sign in commemoration of what would have been John Lennon’s 75th birthday, which is Oct. 9. Ono tweeted a call to action after announcing the event last month, shortly after the end of her exhibition “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971” at the Museum of Modern Art. You don’t have to do much Power works in mysterious ways Visualize the domino effect And just start thinking PEACE — Yoko Ono (@yokoono) September 10, 2015 About 2,000 people participated, ABC News reported. More than 5,000 people would have needed to gather to break the current record of 5,814, which the Ithaca Festival set in 2009. Ono hosted the event, which was free and open to all ages, with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a mobile recording studio that works with students to create music and video projects. People posted pictures and video on Twitter and Instagram of the crowd as it began to gather this morning. At the largest human peace sign in @CentralParkNYC! @yokoono for @johnlennon! #ArtForAmnesty #YokoOno #JohnLennon pic.twitter.com/YnW0HjAg8Q — Art For Amnesty (@ArtForAmnestyUS) October 6, 2015 Largest human peace sign for John Lennon’s 75th birthday #imaginepeace A photo posted by Peter Feld (@peterfeld) on Oct 6, 2015 at 9:22am PDT Thrilled to be a part of the largest peace sign #imaginepeace pic.twitter.com/OqPOYGxM01 — Tara Clark (@tara_l_clark) October 6, 2015 We all One #imaginepeace #worldhumanpeacesignrecord #emotional #yokoono #johnlennonbirthday A photo posted by jeanhoron (@jeanhoron) on Oct 6, 2015 at 11:48am PDT "We are not two, we are one!" – @davedavieskinks @yokoono @johnlennon #ImaginePeace #YokoOno #JohnLennon pic.twitter.com/7Jk1XYCEph — Art For Amnesty (@ArtForAmnestyUS) October 6, 2015 The final result was visible from high above Central Park. By — Corinne Segal Corinne Segal Corinne is the Senior Multimedia Web Editor for NewsHour Weekend. She serves on the advisory board for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. @cesegal
#ImaginePeace #centralpark @lennonbus @NYPDnews #NYPD #NYC pic.twitter.com/MCdJTlMtMT — NYPD Central Park (@NYPDCentralPark) October 6, 2015 Thousands of people gathered in Central Park’s East Meadow today as Yoko Ono led an attempt to create the largest-ever human peace sign in commemoration of what would have been John Lennon’s 75th birthday, which is Oct. 9. Ono tweeted a call to action after announcing the event last month, shortly after the end of her exhibition “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971” at the Museum of Modern Art. You don’t have to do much Power works in mysterious ways Visualize the domino effect And just start thinking PEACE — Yoko Ono (@yokoono) September 10, 2015 About 2,000 people participated, ABC News reported. More than 5,000 people would have needed to gather to break the current record of 5,814, which the Ithaca Festival set in 2009. Ono hosted the event, which was free and open to all ages, with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a mobile recording studio that works with students to create music and video projects. People posted pictures and video on Twitter and Instagram of the crowd as it began to gather this morning. At the largest human peace sign in @CentralParkNYC! @yokoono for @johnlennon! #ArtForAmnesty #YokoOno #JohnLennon pic.twitter.com/YnW0HjAg8Q — Art For Amnesty (@ArtForAmnestyUS) October 6, 2015 Largest human peace sign for John Lennon’s 75th birthday #imaginepeace A photo posted by Peter Feld (@peterfeld) on Oct 6, 2015 at 9:22am PDT Thrilled to be a part of the largest peace sign #imaginepeace pic.twitter.com/OqPOYGxM01 — Tara Clark (@tara_l_clark) October 6, 2015 We all One #imaginepeace #worldhumanpeacesignrecord #emotional #yokoono #johnlennonbirthday A photo posted by jeanhoron (@jeanhoron) on Oct 6, 2015 at 11:48am PDT "We are not two, we are one!" – @davedavieskinks @yokoono @johnlennon #ImaginePeace #YokoOno #JohnLennon pic.twitter.com/7Jk1XYCEph — Art For Amnesty (@ArtForAmnestyUS) October 6, 2015 The final result was visible from high above Central Park.