Why Brits Celebrate the Day Someone Tried to Blow Up Their Parliament
The strange patriotism of Guy Fawkes Day
Nov 5 · 4 min read
Remember, remember the fifth of November.
Guy Fawkes Night, held every year on the November 5, marks the anniversary of the discovery of a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I in London in 1605. The eponymous Guy Fawkes and his…

