By Lacy Baugher for Culture on March 21st, 2012

Amazing Internet Things: The Story Behind “Keep Calm and Carry On”

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It feels like a pretty safe guess that most Anglophiles probably own a copy of the"Keep Calm and Carry On" poster somewhere. (I do!) Some of us probably even own a parody or two of this in some form (Mine is “Keep Calm and Don’t Blink.”) But how many of us actually know the history behind it this saying? Or when exactly this image became so famous?

Barter Books has created a wonderful short video about the history of the iconic “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster that’s well worth watching. It’s fun and will leave you with a bit of a warm fuzzy feeling afterward.  Check it out after the jump!

I hope it's not too embarrassing if I admit that this maybe made me a little sniffly? (I cry at everything though, so this is I suppose less awful than it could be.) But I love all of this, the whole story - that the poster survived this long, that it was found, that it became so synonymous with England and the British people. Watching it was just a purely happy (and nerdy) couple of minutes for me - so I hope you guys like it too. (Yes, for me, definitely an amazing internet thing!)

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By Lacy Baugher for Culture on March 21st, 2012
Lacy Baugher

Lacy's love of British TV is embarrassingly extensive, but primarily centers around evangelizing all things Doctor Who, and watching as many period dramas as possible.

Digital media type by day, she also has a fairly useless degree in British medieval literature, and dearly loves to talk about dream poetry, liminality, and the medieval religious vision. (Sadly, that opportunity presents itself very infrequently.) York apologist, Ninth Doctor enthusiast, and unabashed Ravenclaw. Say hi on Threads or Blue Sky at @LacyMB. 

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