The Guy Fawkes Day poem "Fifth of November" became popular in America after the film "V for Vendetta." The Guy Fawkes mask is pictured during a March 1, 2013, political demonstration. Getty Images ...

If you’d prefer not to take orders from George Washington, you can celebrate Guy Fawkes Day with some casual effigy-burning and poem-reciting. The famous English folk poem commemorating the ...

On this day in 1605, Guy Fawkes and his fellow members of the Gunpowder ... remember the fifth of November’ and the full poem. King James I celebrated the fact he had survived the attempt ...

Over time, November 5 eventually became known as Guy Fawkes Day. 4. Following his capture, Guy Fawkes was sent to the Tower of London where he endured two days of torture before he finally ...

It's Guy Fawkes Day! On this day, the UK celebrates the foiling of a plot to kill King James I in 1605 by lighting fireworks and, in a morbid twist, burning an effigy of poor Guy. It's easy to ...

The defacement included part of a traditional Guy Fawkes Day poem ("Remember, remember, the fifth of November / The Gunpowder Treason and plot"). It affected NBC's homepage, its video homepage ...

Bonfire Night began in 1605, when Guy Fawkes’ plot to overthrow King James I failed. Have you ever heard the poem: “Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot.

Guy Fawkes was a pro-Catholic activist in a majority ... Another act required church attendance on that day. Let's get back to this burning thing: What is Bonfire Night and how did it start?

Guy Fawkes produced Guy Fawkes Day, which featured burning effigies of him, called “guys.” The Oxford English Dictionary gives, as the first definition of “guy,” “An effigy of Guy Fawkes ...

Every year on November 5, skies across England, Scotland and Wales are illuminated by fireworks as Brits head out into the night to enjoy Guy Fawkes Night celebrations. Also called Fireworks Night ...