Monday, November 9, 2015

Guy Fawkes Night versus Halloween

Bonfire Night

Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5th November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords.

Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt of his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving forthe plot's failure.

Remember, remember the fifth of November ...

Immortalized in this nursery rhyme, the Gunpowder Plot is introduced early into the young minds of children throught the United Kingdom.

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We hope you celebrated Bonfire Night in style at a spectacular London fireworks display.

To this day, it is customary for the cellars in the Houses of Parliament to be searched by the Yeoman of the Guard before each State Opening of Parliament.

Bonfire Night is also known as Fireworks' Night, it is a British tradition dating back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Catholic conspirators tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I.