Guy Fawkes Day commemorates the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Catholic conspirators led by Guy Fawkes planned to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I, who was Protestant. The plot was discovered when one of the conspirators informed the King. Guy Fawkes was caught in the cellar with 36 barrels of gunpowder and executed. Today in Britain, people celebrate with bonfires, fireworks, and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes to remember the failed assassination attempt. Children make guys out of old clothes and go door to door asking for money.
3. What is Guy Fawkes Day? Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day and Bonfire Night, is an annual celebration held primarily in Great Britain, on or about 5 November
