Here is a picture of Guy Fawkes, and one of a bonfire.
The following is an article by: Andrew MacDonald in the Southern gazette. Thank You Dave, for scanning this Newspaper article for me :-)
Guy Fawkes Night....... November 5th
The history of the celebration, as we know it , is very complicated. Its origins date back hundreds of years before Guy Fawkes.
Traditionally, the story behind the celebration follows the 17th century account of English dissident Guy Fawkes attempt to blow up Britain’s House of Parliament.
In 1605, Mr. Fawkes and his conspirators were angry with King James 1 for exiling Jesuits from England. They plotted to assassinate James and destroy his Protestant Parliament in an effort to restore Catholicism in England.
The plan failed and Fawkes was apprehended while putting kegs of gun powder underneath the Parliament buildings. He was tried and executed for treason the following year.
The British government decided to commemorate the assassination attempt with a night of bon-fires and burning effigies each November. Marking the anniversary of the failed attempt was a way for rulers to assert the supremacy of the British Parliament.
The tradition of ceremonial burning goes back hundreds of years before 1605.
British settlers brought the tradition to Newfoundland during the late 1600’s and early 1700’s. Regardless of the celebration’s origins of political significance Guy Fawkes Night remains a popular celebration in Communities around Newfoundland.
On the fifth of November, Newfoundlanders commemorate this event with campfires, bonfires and celebration.
webmaster: sparkls
The following is an article by: Andrew MacDonald in the Southern gazette. Thank You Dave, for scanning this Newspaper article for me :-)
Guy Fawkes Night....... November 5th
The history of the celebration, as we know it , is very complicated. Its origins date back hundreds of years before Guy Fawkes.
Traditionally, the story behind the celebration follows the 17th century account of English dissident Guy Fawkes attempt to blow up Britain’s House of Parliament.
In 1605, Mr. Fawkes and his conspirators were angry with King James 1 for exiling Jesuits from England. They plotted to assassinate James and destroy his Protestant Parliament in an effort to restore Catholicism in England.
The plan failed and Fawkes was apprehended while putting kegs of gun powder underneath the Parliament buildings. He was tried and executed for treason the following year.
The British government decided to commemorate the assassination attempt with a night of bon-fires and burning effigies each November. Marking the anniversary of the failed attempt was a way for rulers to assert the supremacy of the British Parliament.
The tradition of ceremonial burning goes back hundreds of years before 1605.
British settlers brought the tradition to Newfoundland during the late 1600’s and early 1700’s. Regardless of the celebration’s origins of political significance Guy Fawkes Night remains a popular celebration in Communities around Newfoundland.
On the fifth of November, Newfoundlanders commemorate this event with campfires, bonfires and celebration.
webmaster: sparkls
Guy Fawkes Night....... November 5th
The history of the celebration, as we know it , is very complicated. Its origins date back hundreds of years before Guy Fawkes.
Traditionally, the story behind the celebration follows the 17th century account of English dissident Guy Fawkes attempt to blow up Britain’s House of Parliament.
In 1605, Mr. Fawkes and his conspirators were angry with King James 1 for exiling Jesuits from England. They plotted to assassinate James and destroy his Protestant Parliament in an effort to restore Catholicism in England.
The plan failed and Fawkes was apprehended while putting kegs of gun powder underneath the Parliament buildings. He was tried and executed for treason the following year.
The British government decided to commemorate the assassination attempt with a night of bon-fires and burning effigies each November. Marking the anniversary of the failed attempt was a way for rulers to assert the supremacy of the British Parliament.
The tradition of ceremonial burning goes back hundreds of years before 1605.
British settlers brought the tradition to Newfoundland during the late 1600’s and early 1700’s. Regardless of the celebration’s origins of political significance Guy Fawkes Night remains a popular celebration in Communities around Newfoundland.
On the fifth of November, Newfoundlanders commemorate this event with campfires, bonfires and celebration.
webmaster: sparkls