On Thursday, the hashtag #MemeHistory started trending when @TylerIAm encountered a student’s slideshow presentation about Adolf Hitler. Inspired by the slide, he began adding memes to history’s greatest moments. #MemeHistory soon took over Twitter, with people using GIFs and memes to characterize historical events. It was the Internet’s best offering of edutainment (educational entertainment).
Here are a few of the most important historical moments.
Lesson #1: Dawn of the United States of America
https://twitter.com/redlightIive/status/708140648306573312
Lesson #2: Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492
https://twitter.com/TheDiLLon1/status/708083387832074240
https://twitter.com/MikeElChingon/status/708402351489556481
https://twitter.com/TheDiLLon1/status/708083387832074240
Lesson #3: 245 Years A Slave
When Europeans were asked why they needed slavery #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/h1KxMWrZ09
— The Du Boisian Biologist (@Hood_Biologist) March 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/MichellCClark/status/708087732040560640
https://twitter.com/CannibalAux/status/708081493529079808
Lesson #4: Salem the Teenage Witch Trials
Everyone who had to take the stand during the Salem witch hunt. #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/Z6PVVTVmpt
— Ma$on (@FirstGentleman) March 11, 2016
Lesson #5: The British are coming
https://twitter.com/MichellCClark/status/708095174107246592
Lesson #6: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
https://twitter.com/MichelleHux/status/708087342653956096
Lesson #7: Deals, deals, deals and the Louisiana Purchase
https://twitter.com/TheCoolTeacher_/status/708082056174170112
LIVE LOOK IN: President Thomas Jefferson negotiating the Louisiana Purchase from the French in 1803 #memehistory pic.twitter.com/MuQROwh5Dg
— B Mango (@BMichelThief) March 13, 2016
Lesson #8: Free at last, free at last!
https://twitter.com/lalaurennerual/status/708460099552059392
Slaves: “Are you serious? You want us to run away with you?
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 11, 2016
Harriet Tubman:#MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/j1KmxOzNyx
Lesson #9: The bloodiest war in American history
https://twitter.com/Ziweeee/status/708140450104942592
https://twitter.com/MelechThomas/status/708048320669691904
https://twitter.com/CuzDubSaidSo/status/708140945003294720
Lesson #10: Let there be light
Thomas Edison 1st publicly demonstrated his light bulb on Dec 19, 1879 #memehistory pic.twitter.com/CSTaVt7T5s
— Medium Shirley 🇵🇦 (@interstate6) March 10, 2016
Lesson #11: My heart will go on…
https://twitter.com/RespectTheAfro_/status/708954094820524032
https://twitter.com/massaquoiDSK/status/708137802219855872
Lesson #12: World Of Warships 1
Just 2 blocks away from where he would meet his death, Archduke Franz Ferdinand regards Gavrilo Princip #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/DWalFeMxL7
— nahh-Baron, Dade-Rautha (@Hozay_) March 10, 2016
Lesson #13: Herbert Hoover here is screwed
Herbert Hoover after the Great Crash of 1929 #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/OxVl2iyRlS
— Jerrick White (@BostonJerry) March 10, 2016
Lesson #14: USA! USA! USA!
https://twitter.com/_Symonds_/status/708047837204905984
Lesson #15: World of Warships 2
When Neville Chamberlain cut a deal with Hitler that he thought would prevent World War II #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/Z8mkkfKUO4
— Jerrick White (@BostonJerry) March 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/RuffneckRefugee/status/708115903414726656
Lesson #16: Sober Season
https://twitter.com/TheDiLLon1/status/708126979166507009
Lesson #17: New Deal in town
https://twitter.com/KofieSpeaks/status/708032018236514305
Lesson #18: Tutti Frutti and Rock ‘n Roll
Black people when white people “invented” Rock N Roll #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/FVaMh3AIEG
— Nihon Mon (@WhatMovesMon) March 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/Ashbootheone/status/708124070311690240
https://twitter.com/_maleficentt/status/708161589992501248
Lesson #19: Sick and tired of being sick and tired
https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/708203304170303488
And the driver told Rosa Parks to “get to the back or get off” #memehistory pic.twitter.com/WV7yPfglwf
— Dre (@tweets_by_dre) March 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/hyemist/status/708105678687248384
Lesson #20: Ebony and Ivory
https://twitter.com/MelechThomas/status/708100914150768641
Lesson #21: You’re All Communists
Lesson #22: Deepthroat Nixon
When they confronted Nixon about Watergate. #MemeHistory. pic.twitter.com/7jds5Fh1Kr
— roox. (@RukaTrue_) March 11, 2016
The media when the Watergate scandal broke. #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/NrVMvM70RP
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) March 11, 2016
Lesson #23: Cold War Kids
https://twitter.com/femme_esq/status/708040032653803521
Lesson #24: I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman
Get u a man who can do both #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/oREYPFfny1
— yc (@yc) March 10, 2016
Lesson #25: The Thanks Al Gore Gets For Inventing The Internet
https://twitter.com/Ziweeee/status/708149649719345152
And the 43rd President is… George Bush #memehistory pic.twitter.com/PJcrUGx0yJ
— Tristan (@AyoTristan) March 10, 2016
Lesson #26: Solid As A Rock
https://twitter.com/XLNB/status/708163810469609472
https://twitter.com/R_Sills/status/708033568212193283
Lesson #27: When the levees broke
https://twitter.com/WickedBeaute/status/708121166183923712
https://twitter.com/WickedBeaute/status/708121166183923712
https://twitter.com/TheDiLLon1/status/708085917567852544
Lesson #28: Yes We Can
when Obama became the first black president but had to take over after Bush #memehistory pic.twitter.com/OqoWE087Qt
— Nate Z (@NathanZed) March 11, 2016
Inexplicably, John McCain “suspended” his campaign in 2008. When asked for a reply, Sen. Obama said… #MemeHistory pic.twitter.com/us2RVViOjY
— April (@ReignOfApril) March 11, 2016
Lesson #29 : Zero Dark Thirty
https://twitter.com/MikeElChingon/status/708411872387555328
Photo via Emanuel Leutze/Wikipedia (PD)
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