AboutWhat does the meme depict?
The meme 'Daddy, What Did You Do During the Great War?' originated from an English recruitment poster created in 1915, which was designed to encourage men to enlist in the British army during World War I. The original poster features a man seated in an armchair, with his daughter on his lap and his son playing with toy soldiers on the floor near them. This poster has since become a template for various memes, notably transformed into an exploitable format called 'Fucking Legend Dad' starting in March 2020 on platforms like Reddit.
OriginWho did it first?
In 1915, during World War I, British book illustrator and poster designer Savile Lumley created the propaganda poster titled 'What Did You Do in the Great War, Daddy?' The poster depicts a domestic scene with a father sitting in an armchair, his daughter in his lap, and his son playing with toy soldiers at his feet. The recruitment poster was widely distributed through English newspapers that year, aiming to provoke a sense of duty among potential recruits. Detailed information about Lumley and his works can be found on Spartacus Educational.[1]
Origin: 1915