Guy Fawkes is a little bit crazy and a whole lot of FIRE celebration that they have in the UK. Fawkes was introduced to Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate King James I and restore a Catholic monarch to the throne. Fawkes was placed in charge of the gun powder hidden under the House of Lords. An anonymous letter lead the authorities to search Westminster Palace during Nov 5 and found Fawkes guarding the explosives. Over the next few days Guy was questioned and tortured, he was to be executed for his crimes on 31 of January but jumped from the scaffold where he was to be hung and broke his neck. Guy Fawkes Day (Nov 5) commemorates the failure of the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
We supported the local schools by enjoying some of their baked goods
Then watched as the huge bonfire was lit. It was ginormous and warm on such a cold night!
Lit lots of really long sparklers
And watched the finale fireworks
We ran into a few friends
Miss Emma, our favorite teacher from WestRow Preschool
and Lucas our favorite neighbor friend
There was karaoke singing. Lots of drunk Brits participated and then of course Dave got in on the fun.
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