Merry Guy Fawkes Day!
Remember, remember the Fifth of November,The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
5th November, 1605, the Gunpowder Plot was foiled. Catholic conspirators attempted to blow up Parliament and kill the Protestant government of England in retaliation for religious persecution. One of those executed for his "part" in the plot was a Catholic priest who heard the confession of one of the conspirators.
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
--Thomas Jefferson
Labels: catholicism, england, guy fawkes, parliament, politics, thomas jefferson
posted by Lachlan @ 11:36 AM
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