40 History Memes That Shed The Light On Our Past

American author and filmmaker Michael Crichton once said: “If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” So let’s take a look back at what events and people have ‘planted’ and ‘grown’ this tree we’re all a part of called the present, shall we?

But since it’s Friday, I think we can agree that something more refreshing than a textbook is needed. Luckily, we have just the thing. Two, actually.

Bored Panda decided to put together a follow-up collection to our earlier article and compile the best posts from the history memes Reddit page and HistoryInMemes Instagram account have recently released.

From making fun of the British Museum’s never-ending thirst for artifacts to corrupt Presidents, continue scrolling, check the world history memes out, and upvote your favorites!

#1 A True Hero

Willem Arondeus was a moderately successful painter and writer living in the Netherlands. However, at the time his career began to improve, the Nazis had occupied his nation, and he decided to sacrifice personal success and wealth for the greater good, joining the Dutch resistance. Arondeus’s skill as an artist allowed him to make fake ID cards, allowing Jewish refugees to hide more easily. However, the Nazi’s Municipal Office for Population Registration made this far more difficult, as they kept exact records. With his resistance team, Arondeus devised a plan to bomb the office, which went off successfully. By doing so, they were able to steal a number of blank ID cards, and destroy enough records that any Jewish refugees could believably pretend to have had their files destroyed.

However, Arondeus was betrayed and captured. He refused to give information on his co-conspirators under torture, but after his home was raided, they found evidence that linked him to his allies. Arondeus then took full credit for the entire plan, allowing two of his friends to escape execution. His last words were “Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards”.

40 History Memes That Shed The Light On Our Past

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#2 Sad But True

40 History Memes That Shed The Light On Our Past

40 History Memes That Shed The Light On Our Past

#1 A True Hero

#2 Sad But True

#3 History Ain’t Pretty

#4 Grandma

#5 Sacrifice Sacrifice

#6 It Really Do Be Like That

#7 Hah Get It

#8 Game Changer

#9 Elvis’ Chance Of Getting Polio Has Left The Building; Thank You And Good Night!

#10 Typical

#11 Thank You Very Much

#12 Dirty Dog

#13 Mad Respec

#14 I Am Confusion

#15 There Goes Buck Franklin, The Impeccably Well Dressed Lawyer Who Practices Law Out Of A Tent

#16 This Happened To My Grandfather When He Was Teaching Second Grade. The Kids Were So Traumatized By What They Saw A Lot Of Parents Had To Come Pick Them Up From School

#17 Uhh Sir?

#18 200 Iq

#19 Yoink

#20 Trying To Get Rid Of The Evidence? Not On Mr Eisenhower’s Watch!

#21 You Can Always Rely On The Wise Words Of Captain Holt

#22 Money Money Money Moneyyy

#23 It Do Be Like That

#24 Damn Son

#25 Any Great Historical Figure Would Be Honoured To Be Played By Cillian Murphy, I’m Sure

#26 Uhh Excuse Me

#27 Feels Bad Man

#28 If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It

#29 Pain

#30 Gotta Do Whatcha Gotta Do

#31 Must’ve Been Sloppy

#32 I Think We Can All Agree On This One

#33 ‘man, I Love This Skirt! Also, You Heard Khomeini’s Latest Speech? That Guy Sure Is Whacky, Huh?’

#34 “If There Was An Allied Hero Who Deserved To Be Remembered And Celebrated, This Was A Person With Few Peers”

#35 Feels Bad Man

#36 Abc News Called It “The Poster Child Of Excessive Lawsuits” But Most People Don’t Believe That Anymore

#37 No Fair

#38 Don’t Give Into Peer Pressure

#39 Does Mythology Count?

#40 Dammit, Marilyn! Not In Front Of The Democratic Party!