tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502112871993174034.post1637959439636190243..comments2023-09-24T09:25:28.616-07:00Comments on Moonrose Meanderings by Elizabeth Munroz: Photo Friday - Guy Fawkes DayElizabeth Munrozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077325324751999863noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502112871993174034.post-38909770973468822302009-11-06T02:36:49.323-08:002009-11-06T02:36:49.323-08:00Hi Elizabeth, Your musings were intersting. Sorry ...Hi Elizabeth, Your musings were intersting. Sorry i tend to forget that over the pond you do things differently.<br />In the UK what we are actually celebrating is that Guy Fawkes<br />was foiled in carrying out the gunpowder plot. Hence we burn a guy on top of a bonfire and send off fireworks to celebrate.<br /><br />Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries,belonged to a group of Roman Catholic restorationists from England who planned the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Their aim was to displace Protestant rule by blowing up the Houses of Parliament while King James I and the entire Protestant, and even most of the Catholic, aristocracy and nobility were inside. The conspirators saw this as a necessary reaction to the systematic discrimination against English Catholics.<br /><br />The Gunpowder Plot was led by Robert Catesby, but Fawkes was put in charge of its execution. He was arrested a few hours before the planned explosion, during a search of the cellars underneath Parliament in the early hours of 5 November prompted by the receipt of an anonymous warning letter.<br /><br />Guy Fawkes Night (or "bonfire night"), held on 5 November in the United Kingdom and some parts of the Commonwealth, is a commemoration of the plot, during which an effigy of Fawkes is burned, often accompanied by a fireworks display. The word "guy", meaning "man" or "person", is derived from his name.<br /><br />Interestingly ~ I'm not sure many folk would stop Guy Fawkes these days ~ since the current UK government is largely despised and considered corrupt.Authorhttp://j9marshall.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com