...the 5th of November. Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.
Guy Fawkes Night commemorates a foiled attempt by Guy Fawkes and a group of English Catholics to blow-up the Houses of Parliament in 1605, in protest against King James I. Roman Catholic Guy Fawkes and several of his co-conspirators are arrested in London when guards discover them planting 30 barrels of gunpowder in a cellar underneath the Houses of Parliament.
All are later executed for treason.
Each year on November 5th, effigies of Guy Fawkes are burnt on bonfires throughout England, and fireworks are set-off to celebrate the failure of this plot.
Each year on November 5th, effigies of Guy Fawkes are burnt on bonfires throughout England, and fireworks are set-off to celebrate the failure of this plot.
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