the british government created the quote keep calm and carry on.
the british government created the quote keep calm and carry on.
which government created the quote keep calm and carry on?
british government
keep calm and carry on is a motivational poster produced by the british government in 1939 in preparation for world war ii. the poster was intended to raise the morale of the british public, threatened with widely predicted mass air attacks on major cities. although 2.45 million copies were printed, and although the blitz did in fact take place, the poster was only rarely publicly displayed and was little known until a copy was rediscovered in 2000 at barter books, a bookshop in alnwick. it has since been re-issued by a number of private companies, and has been used as the decorative theme for a range of products.
keep calm and carry on
as the popularity of the poster in various media has grown, innumerable parodies, imitations and co-optations have also appeared, making it a notable meme. messages range from the cute to the overtly political. examples have included "now panic and freak out" (with an upside-down crown), "get excited and make things" (with a crown incorporating spanners), "keep calm and have a cupcake" (with a cupcake icon), "don't panic and fake a british accent", "keep spending and carry on shopping", "keep calm and don't sneeze" during the 2009 swine flu pandemic, "keep calm and call batman" (with the batman logo), and "keep calm and switch to linux" (with tux).
keep calm and carry on