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Nov. 5th, 2004 09:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mcroftRemember, remember
The fifth of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot
I know of no reason
The Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot
On this date 399 years ago, the British government foiled a plot to blow up the houses of parliament by a small group of radical Catholics. The anniversary has been celebrated for many years as a public holiday involving bizarrerites (such as running through town carrying a barrel of flaming tar) and, in some quarters, wistfulness.
Make of it what you will, and Happy Gunpowder Treason Day!
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Date: 2004-11-05 03:21 pm (UTC)http://www.bonefire.org/guy