Revolutionary War Airports meme - Airport destroyed, Lord Cornwallis says troops have to swim home.


During President Donald Trump's Independence Day speech included a line about how the U.S. Army took over airports during the Revolutionary War. He claimed the mistake was due to a Teleprompter issue, but it doesn't matter because his gaffe has spawned some of the most hilarious memes and reactions on Twitter. 



Here is the clip from his speech:



This is the line that had Twitter going wild:


“Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over airports, it did everything it had to do”


Hashtag #RevolutionaryWarAirports quickly took over Twitter with people posting funny photoshops and memes of planes during the Revolutionary War as well as humorous fake letters written by soldiers.