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Read all about it! In The New York Times business section on November 23rd, 2009 an article entitled "Calming Sign of Troubled Past Appears in Modern Offices" about the popularity of Keep Calm and Carry On posters appeared. It talked about all of the cutting edge executives with Keep Calm and Carry On posters on their walls including execs at Vanity Fair, Bloomberg News, and Business Week. We love Keep Calm and Carry On posters framed or unframed but we also advocate taking Keep Calm and Carry On off the walls! For example, we have kitchen aprons, dish towels and mugs to help you Keep Calm in the kitchen and tote bags, umbrellas and bumper stickers to help you keep calm and carry on in your daily routine. | ![]() |
The British Connection & History of Keep Calm and Carry On Americans are a proud bunch, and rightfully so. Yankee ingenuity has given the world such renowned inventions as the ipod, eyeglass trays and the game of baseball. All of these provide occasions for patriotic pride, but a true patriot also knows to tip his hat in a show of appreciation to ideas of international greatness. The work of art that is the Keep Calm and Carry On poster is an example of this that comes from our old friends the British. We are delighted to be the premier American seller of Keep Calm and Carry On items, with a collection featuring some of our favorite British imports along with items exclusive to KeepCalmandCarryOnUSA.com Given enough time, no great work goes undiscovered even if it may remain unattributed. In 1939, an anonymous British civil servant designed a Keep Calm and Carry On poster that would be distributed along the streets and among the populace should a German invasion occur. The Keep Calm and Carry On poster is among other things an example of the British stiff upper lip. Due to a bit of disorganization at The British Ministry of War the Keep Calm and Carry On posters were never released and the world remained unaware of the forgotten treasure. At the turn of this millennium however, a British bookseller unearthed an original Keep Calm and Carry On poster at the bottom of a box of books bought at auction. He began printing reproductions and soon the British craze for Keep Calm and Carry On began. The poster began appearing in the offices of government officials, on the front doors of shops and in homes and apartments throughout the British Isles. Keep Calm and Carry On first drew general American attention during the recession of 2009. Each day brought new news of problems for American banks, money, stocks, institutions and, most alarmingly, American citizens. The British Keep Calm and Carry On slogan has proven to be comforting to any society or generation. The best way to find solutions is to Keep Calm and let reasoning minds prevail. It seems that when everyone carries on with their skills and talents, the best ideas continue to see the light of day and general well-being prevails. What is good enough for Londoners during the bombings is calming modern day Americans worried over their finances. We've priced all of our items at budget friendly levels, to you can make sure that you and your friends can have a joyous and calm holiday season without breaking the bank. The Versatility of Keep Calm and Carry On One of our favorite things about Keep Calm and Carry on is the breadth of the phrase's applicability and its specificity once applied. When one is cold during the winter, Keep Calm and Carry On for the rest of the trip home in a Keep Calm and Carry On fleece scarf. The game of golf is trying enough to bring the most reasonable man to a state of near-rage. A good way to ensure your friends and family don't throw their clubs into the drink is to give them a set of bright red Keep Calm and Carry on golf balls. These are balls they won't have trouble finding whether they are in the rough or looking down on a hole-in-one! Our Keep Calm and Carry On cuff links are a great reminder before a worrisome business meeting or a way of calming excited nerves before a night at the theatre. All of these products and more are available here on our site. Take a look around! Our web shop KeepCalmandCarryOnUSA.com is your source for Keep Calm and Carry On products in the USA. We ship Keep Calm products from the New York area the same or next business day so you can be calm even if you need something in a hurry. We import some of our Keep Calm products from Great Britain, like our Keep Calm and Carry On posters and our Keep Calm and Carry On mugs. and our Freak Out and Panic Mugs. Others are made in the USA and we just import the slogan. Our Keep Calm and Carry On framed posters are framed here in the USA for fast and economical shipping. Why We Launched KeepCalmandCarryOnUSA.com We were originally attracted to Keep Calm and Carry On because the Keep Calm and Carry On poster is a wonderful decorative accent and great message to perk up an ordinary wall and at our parent site, www.DecorativeThings.com we specialize in turning ordinary things into decorative things. Then, we found that besides walls, a Keep Calm mug makes an everyday breakfast tray cheery, Keep Calm and Carry On bumper stickers make bumpers decorative and before you knew it, we had a collection of over twenty Keep Calm and Carry On items and decided to launch KeepcalmandcarryonUSA.com. Besides being decorative, Keep Calm and Carry On products provide an important message to remember when life has ups and downs. We've had customers who bought the poster, mugs, t shirts, tote bags, etc. for climate control meetings, motivational business meetings, birthday gifts, baby gifts, get well gifts and all sorts of things. Keep Calm and Carry On is a kind way to say, "I care" and "we're all in this together" for the long haul to friends and family. Keep Calm Resources: Read more about The History of Keep Calm and Carry On at Wikipedia. The BBC calls the Keep Calm and Carry On Poster "the greatest motivational poster ever." The UK Guardian calls the Keep Calm and Carry On poster the "pin up of our age." The New York Times covered the Keep Calm and Carry On poster's ubiquity in the offices of tastemakers. For more Keep Calm and Carry On products, visit our parent site: www.DecorativeThings.com/Keep-Calm-and-Carry-On | |