Last night we got to partake in a British Tradition. Bonfire Night! Every year on November 5th around the country bonfires are lit and fireworks are displayed. This actually happens to be the first British history lesson that Owen learned in class, and can now tell anyone the reason why the fires are burned. In 1605 there was a plot to kill King James I, known as the Gunpowder plot. Guy Fawkes, who was in the cellar of the parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder when the authorities stormed it in the early hours of November 5th, was caught, tortured and executed.
On the very night that the Gunpowder Plot was foiled, on November 5th, 1605, bonfires were set alight to celebrate the safety of the King. Since then, November 5th has become known as Bonfire Night. The event is commemorated every year with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.
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