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The real history of the very first meme

Memes have become a part of modern communication. But the trend of simple images and text has been around for decades. Some believe the very first meme began during World War II and was a simple doodle of a man peering over a wall and the words, “Kilroy was here.” But what brought that on, and was it really the first meme?

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