Guy Fawkes rose to fame after planning the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and failing. Many people still honor the holiday with fireworks and parties or in the case of Alyssa Milano Eric Whitacre Jimmy Carr and other stars with tweets Read on to see what they had to say.
Guy Fawkes Day Tweets Celebs Comedians What Does The Fawkes Say Take Our PollThese celebs all seem to have their own way of remembering Guy Fawkes whether it s by cracking a joke brushing up on the history of the day or mourning his torture.
This is happening out my front door smack in the middle of Central London. GUY FAWKES LIVES BLOW THE http //t.co/gT6z1Ux8hD
Eric Whitacre ( EricWhitacre) November 3 2013
It s Guy Fawkes tonight. In honour of the ye oldie terrorist buy my new DVD or Parliament gets it. http //t.co/l69Uq4tbm6
Jimmy Carr ( jimmycarr) November 5 2013
How Guy Fawkes inadvertently created the word Guy http //t.co/2muRb16COm rememberremember /via Slate
Alyssa Milano ( Alyssa_Milano) November 5 2013
RT bad_robot A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy. Guy Fawkes BRQuoteDuJour GuyFawkes 5 Nov 2013 pic.twitter.com/W736cywExH
Joel Courtney ( Joel_Courtney) November 5 2013
Sobering RT sophie_gadd Annual reminder of Guy Fawkes signature before and after torture http //t.co/YjZk42YEvA
Martin Lewis ( MartinSLewis) November 5 2013
Guy Fawkes Day 5 Things To KnowWhile you re chanting remember remember the fifth of November with your favorite celebs here are a few things to know about the history of November 5 and of Guy Fawkes.
1. Guy Fawkes joined a group of English Catholics and attempted to plant gunpowder in the cellar of the Palace of Westminister in 1605 planning to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of England s Parliament. He was discovered by Thomas Knyvett the keeper of the Whitehall Palace on November 5. He found Guy (who was posing as John Johnson) along with about 900 kg of gunpowder. The group he was involved with was planning to assassinate the Protestant King James.
2. The holiday was celebrated by fireworks because those in London were encouraged to celebrate the safety of the king by lighting fires. The celebrations were actually repealed in 1859. The celebration has become less and less each year but many have fireworks to remember the Gunpowder plot.
3. Those who searched the palace actually found out about the assassination plan from an anonymous letter
4. Remember Remember the fifth of November is the line from a poem that took on the nature of a nursery rhyme. Here is the full verse
Remember remember the fifth of November The gunpowder treason and plot I know of no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.
5. V for Vendetta is based on Alan Moore s comic book series which became popular with a mask styled like the one Guy was wearing. So in case you thought it looked familiar that s why
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