Guy Fawkes Day in Boston

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Hours:	6:30pm
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Lectures/Discussions

Every year on November 5, the people of Britain celebrate a failed plot to blow up the British Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. The plot was conceived by a group of Catholics, and the celebration is named for their leader, the notorious Guy Fawkes.

In colonial Boston, the celebration was called Pope’s Day; on this day the early colonists staged parades, bonfires and other events to demonstrate their angry sentiments towards both Catholics and the British Monarchy. The annual celebrations of Pope’s Day ceased with end of the Revolution and the growing acceptance of the Catholics in New England.

A two part panel presentation entitled Guy Fawkes, Religious Intolerance, and the American Revolution presented by Dr. Brendan McConville of Boston University and Dr. Cynthia Van Zandt of the University of New Hampshire and the Bostonian Society/Boston Historical

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Free and Open to the Public

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206 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02109 map