25 History Memes Full Of Wisdom And Whimsy

Everything has already happened, and everything will happen again. Studying history tells you this fact. People today are just as strange, passionate, cruel, funny and troubled as they ever were. Running your hand along an old stone wall or walking an ancient battlefield may inspire lofty thoughts, but the people of history were just as frequently bored and sleepy as we are. Not everything was terribly serious, and not everything that we now call important felt important at the time. And sometimes, things were just hilarious.

History is full of whimsy and humor. Our telling of history can be as well. When historical knowledge is transmitted through history memes, the humorous and prosaic elements of historical experience become more legible. These memes, gathered from Reddit's /r/historymemes, share the knowledge of history with a broad audience and do so with a smile.