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[vixenesque93]

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent
To blow up King and Parliament.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!

Comments

[glitch25.livejournal.com]

As a friend pointed out in his journal today:

"It is sometimes said, in a kind of dark humor, that no-one's quite certain whether the commemoration of November 5th is celebrating the fact that Guido Fawkes failed to blow up the King and Parliament ... or the fact that he tried."

[tzaddi-93.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

V!

[hiddenriver.livejournal.com]

I actually watched that last night - the timing wasn't intentional, just the first time we were able to get the family together to watch it.

[princekermit.livejournal.com]

Penny for the Guy?

Americans and History in Other Paces...

[wayfarer-atlas.livejournal.com]

So many people I know had no knowledge of the gunpowder plot before the movie, "V". Now, most still don't but at least a few more do.

I like this one as well:

QUOTATION: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
ATTRIBUTION: George Santayana (1863–1952), U.S. philosopher, poet.
Life of Reason, 'Reason in Common Sense,' ch. 12 (1905-6).