Ranker - Video. How 'Kilroy Was Here' Was the First Meme Ever. Posted: May 13, 2025 | Last updated: May 13, 2025. From the hulls of ships to the sides of trucks to the walls of bathroom stalls ...

Carved into two hidden alcoves at D.C.’s World War II Memorial is an inscription that reads: “Kilroy was here.” That phrase, accompanied by a cartoon doodle of a bald man with a long nose ...