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Originally Posted by bildozr
The star spangled banner is our tribute to freedom. Isn't November the 5th your July 4th equivalent?
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Not exactly... Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night,[1] is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5 November, 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, were alleged to be attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London, England.
It is primarily marked in the United Kingdom where it was compulsory, by fiat, until 1859, to celebrate the deliverance of the King of England; but, it is also celebrated in former British colonies including New Zealand,[2] Newfoundland, and parts of the British Caribbean.[citation needed] Bonfire Night was celebrated in Australia until the mid- to late 1970s, when sale and public use of fireworks was made illegal and the celebration was effectively abolished. It is also celebrated in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.[3] Festivities are centred on the use of fireworks and the lighting of bonfires.