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  1. Wishing my British friends and their families a memorable, entertaining Guy Fawkes Day & Bonfire/Fireworks Night❣️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🎇🎆

    #guyfawkesday #guyfawkesnight #bonefirenight #fireworksnight #gunpowdertreasonday #gunpowderplot #5thofnovember #fifthofnovember

  2. Wishing my British friends and their families a memorable, entertaining Guy Fawkes Day & Bonfire/Fireworks Night❣️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🎇🎆

    #guyfawkesday #guyfawkesnight #bonefirenight #fireworksnight #gunpowdertreasonday #gunpowderplot #5thofnovember #fifthofnovember

  3. Wishing my British friends and their families a memorable, entertaining Guy Fawkes Day & Bonfire/Fireworks Night❣️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🎇🎆

    #guyfawkesday #guyfawkesnight #bonefirenight #fireworksnight #gunpowdertreasonday #gunpowderplot #5thofnovember #fifthofnovember

  4. Wishing my British friends and their families a memorable, entertaining Guy Fawkes Day & Bonfire/Fireworks Night❣️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🎇🎆

    #guyfawkesday #guyfawkesnight #bonefirenight #fireworksnight #gunpowdertreasonday #gunpowderplot #5thofnovember #fifthofnovember

  5. Wishing my British friends and their families a memorable, entertaining Guy Fawkes Day & Bonfire/Fireworks Night❣️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🎇🎆

    #guyfawkesday #guyfawkesnight #bonefirenight #fireworksnight #gunpowdertreasonday #gunpowderplot #5thofnovember #fifthofnovember

  6. #GuyFawkesNight commemorates the #GunpowderPlot to blow up Parliament on November 5th 1605. After it was discovered, the knives were out for Fawkes.

  7. #GuyFawkesNight commemorates the #GunpowderPlot to blow up Parliament on November 5th 1605. After it was discovered, the knives were out for Fawkes.

  8. #GuyFawkesNight commemorates the #GunpowderPlot to blow up Parliament on November 5th 1605. After it was discovered, the knives were out for Fawkes.

  9. #GuyFawkesNight commemorates the #GunpowderPlot to blow up Parliament on November 5th 1605. After it was discovered, the knives were out for Fawkes.

  10. #GuyFawkesNight commemorates the #GunpowderPlot to blow up Parliament on November 5th 1605. After it was discovered, the knives were out for Fawkes.

  11. Remember, remember...that your humble narrator is 70 today. 😁 #guyfawkes #gunpowderplot

  12. As I do every year, I want to point out that Robert Catesby was the real villain of the Gunpowder Plot. Guy Fawkes was just the hired hand.
    #GunpowderPlot #FireworkNight
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C

  13. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

    ✧ Gunpowder Plot ✧

    The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby. The plan was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament on 5 November, as the prelude to a revolt in the Midlands during which James's nine-year-ol...

    #GunpowderPlot #England #Scotland #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowde

  14. I know many of you are feeling very stressed today.
    Understandable. I'm feeling that way too.
    Remembering the attempted overthrow of the government IS stressful.

    But take some time for yourself.
    Perhaps do what I do.
    Sit in a comfortable chair.
    Drink some tea, or maybe wine.
    Close your eyes, meditate.

    And recall that it's been 419 years.

    #GunpowderPlot #GuyFawkes

  15. The mighty Mavors, jealous to behold
    A Mars more mighty nor himself below,
    Did once resolve his rivall to ore’throw…

    —Sir Robert Ayton (1569–1638), “Upon the 5th of November”
    published in JACOBEAN PARNASSUS: Scottish Poetry from the Reign of James I (ASL, 2022)

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #17thcentury #GuyFawkes #GunpowderPlot

  16. Wishing my British friends and their families a memorable, entertaining Guy Fawkes Day & Bonfire/Fireworks Night❣️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🎇🎆

    #guyfawkesday #guyfawkesnight #bonefirenight #fireworksnight #gunpowdertreasonday #gunpowderplot #5thofnovember #fifthofnovember

  17. Wishing my British friends and their families a memorable, entertaining Guy Fawkes Day & Bonfire/Fireworks Night❣️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🎇🎆

    #guyfawkesday #guyfawkesnight #bonefirenight #fireworksnight #gunpowdertreasonday #gunpowderplot #5thofnovember #fifthofnovember

  18. Wishing my British friends and their families a memorable, entertaining Guy Fawkes Day & Bonfire/Fireworks Night❣️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🔥🎇🎆

    #guyfawkesday #guyfawkesnight #bonefirenight #fireworksnight #gunpowdertreasonday #gunpowderplot #5thofnovember #fifthofnovember

  19. The mighty Mavors, jealous to behold
    A Mars more mighty nor himself below,
    Did once resolve his rivall to ore’throw…

    —Sir Robert Ayton (1569–1638), “Upon the 5th of November”
    published in JACOBAN PARNASSUS: Scottish Poetry from the Reign of James I

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #Jacobean #EarlyModern #17thCentury #GunpowderPlot

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

  20. Remember, remember!
    The fifth of November,
    The Gunpowder treason and plot;
    I know of no reason
    Why the Gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot!

    #BonfireNight #GunpowderPlot #Treason #RobertCatesby#History #FireworksNight #FifthofNovember

  21. Remember, remember!
    The fifth of November,
    The Gunpowder treason and plot;
    I know of no reason
    Why the Gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot!

    (Actual photo of Robert Catesby, not Guy Fawkes, see alt-text)

    #BonfireNight #GunpowderPlot #Treason #RobertCatesby #History #FireworksNight #FifthofNovember

  22. Remember, remember!
    The fifth of November,
    The Gunpowder treason and plot;
    I know of no reason
    Why the Gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot!

    (Actual photo of Robert Catesby, not Guy Fawkes, see alt-text)

    #BonfireNight #GunpowderPlot #Treason #RobertCatesby #History #FireworksNight #FifthofNovember

  23. Remember, remember!
    The fifth of November,
    The Gunpowder treason and plot;
    I know of no reason
    Why the Gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot!

    #BonfireNight #GunpowderPlot #Treason #RobertCatesby#History #FireworksNight #FifthofNovember

  24. Remember, remember!
    The fifth of November,
    The Gunpowder treason and plot;
    I know of no reason
    Why the Gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot!

    #BonfireNight #GunpowderPlot #Treason #RobertCatesby#History #FireworksNight #FifthofNovember

  25. This #ConstituencyTuesday, we are looking at a place that claims to have the biggest #BonfireNight 🎆celebration in the world. It is the constituency of #Lewes! What was Lewes up to at the time of the #GunpowderPlot? Between 1604 and 1629, Lewes was described as 'one of the chief towns' in Sussex due to its ‘largeness and populousness’. Lewes' population has been estimated as exceeding 2,000 people during this period find out more about this constituency 👇
    historyofparliamentonline.org/