BonFire Night!

The 5th of November is Bonfire Night!

History!

Four hundred years ago, in 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and a group of plotters attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder placed in the basement. They wanted to kill King James and the king’s leaders.

The leader of the group was Sir Robert Catesby, Guy Fawkes was a co-leader.

The plot was simple - the next time Parliament was opened by King James l, they would blow up everyone there with gunpowder. The men bought a house next door to the parliament building. The house had a cellar which went under the parliament building. They planned to put gunpowder under the house and blow up parliament and the king.

Guy Fawkes was given the job to keep watch over the barrels of gunpowder and to light the fuse. On the morning of 5 th November, soldiers discovered Guy hidden in the cellar and arrested him. The trail of gunpowder at his feet would never be lit. When they found out they hanged him.

Present

Now we light fireworks or light sparklers to celebrate that the King was saved!

I am going to watch fireworks on Saturday. I will blog what happened and how it is!