17-06-2014, 05:20 AM
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Re: Guy Fawkes Day - why is it celebrated?
It is a celebration of the fact that he, and others, failed to kill the King. A lot of places burn effigies of him on their bonfires.He was not illegitimate, Bruce!
[quote] Guy Fawkes Night originates from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed conspiracy by a group of provincial English Catholics to assassinate the Protestant King James I of England and replace him with a Catholic head of state. In the immediate aftermath of the 5 November arrest of Guy Fawkes, caught guarding a cache of explosives placed beneath the House of Lords, James's Council allowed the public to celebrate the king's survival with bonfires, so long as they were "without any danger or disorder".[1] This made 1605 the first year the plot's failure was celebrated.[2] The following January, days before the surviving conspirators were executed, Parliament passed the Observance of 5th November Act, commonly known as the "Thanksgiving Act". It was proposed by a Puritan Member of Parliament, Edward Montagu, who suggested that the king's apparent deliverance by divine intervention deserved some measure of official recognition, and kept 5 November free as a day of thanksgiving while in theory making attendance at Church mandatory.[/unquote]
Going to church on November 5th is no longer mandatory. Guy Fawkes was born in York - so not all people there burn effigies of him on the bonfires. These days it is more about the fireworks than the fires.
17-06-2014, 07:13 AM
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Re: Guy Fawkes Day - why is it celebrated?
Originally Posted by Nom
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Only man to enter parliament with honest intentions. We need a modern day equivalent.
17-06-2014, 07:30 AM
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Re: Guy Fawkes Day - why is it celebrated?
The chief instigator of the plot Robert Catesby was killed in a "shoot out" and Guido was I believe the only one left alive to make an example of. I find it very moving to see his signature before and after torture, it certainly brings history alive.17-06-2014, 08:34 AM
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Re: Guy Fawkes Day - why is it celebrated?
Originally Posted by Nom
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Only man to enter parliament with honest intentions. We need a modern day equivalent.
17-06-2014, 10:00 AM
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Re: Guy Fawkes Day - why is it celebrated?
Originally Posted by Nom
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Only man to enter parliament with honest intentions. We need a modern day equivalent.
17-06-2014, 12:48 PM
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Re: Guy Fawkes Day - why is it celebrated?
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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It is a celebration of the fact that he, and others, failed to kill the King. A lot of places burn effigies of him on their bonfires.He was not illegitimate, Bruce!
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