Lol History Posts

[thoodleoo]

we all know that alexander the great was a weird horse person, but in the iliad automedon mentions that patroclus was the only one who could fully contain achilles’ horses AND patroclus’s death causes achilles’ horses to weep, so he was probably a weird horse person too

[hellenicpoliticiansuggestions]

Love me some Weird Horse People.

[screamtail]

[iafayettes]

The gay trio & The Onion headlines (ft Comte de Vergennes & Henry Laurens)

[historicaltimes]

Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the Berlin Olympics, 1936.

via reddit

[bantarleton]

[bellygangstaboo]

[historicaltimes]

Highway near Saingon strewn with combat boots and uniforms abandoned by South Vietnamese soldiers, hoping to hide their status after the loss of the war. 1975.

via reddit

[sisforsammi]

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be.

[ohsulu]

We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall never surrender…

[lolhistoryposts]

Dunkirk is amazing... definitely one of my favourite history/war movies, and films in general. I know shockingly little about the 2nd world war in comparison to other modern wars like ww1, Vietnam, and the Revolutionary War, so it was amazing to learn about this part of history. I'm also a fan of good cinematography, and this film definitely didn't let me down on that part (Oscar pls?). If you haven't seen it PLEASE GO YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. My rating: 10/10.

[callumogden]

Middle New England in a Lord of the Rings kind of Style

A styled map of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Southern Maine, as well as some mountain ranges and islands.

This is my second attempt at doing a take on a real world setting, the first being a similar style map of Scotland which you can see here.

Some people have asked if I’m selling prints of these maps, or if if they can be bought online somewhere. You can find them here for free in the original full resolution, which you can download and print. Though the files are free, feedback is appreciated!

Download the High Resolution Version Here [15mb]

New England has a pretty impressive coastline, especially around Maine which reminds me a lot of the West of Scotland. I think it lends itself fairly well to this sort of style as it’s a vaguely similar shape to Middle Earth, mirrored horizontally. I wasn’t going for accuracy here, though most of the towns and cities should be mostly where they appear in real life. Roads are just added for effect, and mountains naturally aren’t to scale.

If you’re curious about the process for making a map like this, you can read about the tools and resources used in my blog here:

Making a Map of Scotland - Lord of the Rings Style [via Medium]

Thanks!

[lolhistoryposts]

Proper way to address an American on the 4th of July

You: Good Jefferson Death Day to you.

Other person: Good Adams Death Day to you.

Both together: Jefferson lives.

[lolhistoryposts]

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY AMERICAN FRIENDS! I would make some spicy Revolution memes to celebrate but alas I am sick. Thank you for doing what the rest of us colonists didn't have the guts/couldn't be bothered to do, and kicking Britain right in its imperial revenue.

[danidery]

did I write this

[lolhistoryposts]

Oh my god I thought I was the only one

[lolhistoryposts]

You know what makes me happy

Realising that historians studying this period in the future will likely use memes as sources. Like there's going to be academic papers about the popular response to Brexit centred solely around the analysis of a meme.

[nettlestonenell]

girls don’t want boys

girls want superbly efficient plainclothes spy Benjamin Tallmadge fighting Queen’s Rangers interspersed with caring deeply about his two best friends

[ukulelekatie]

so I was trying to take a picture of a cardinal in flight and 

NYOOM

[loremerchant]