2007-07-17 19:26:11 · 5 answers · asked by sam 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Independence Day
You get a star!
Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder, treason, and plot,
I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent
To blow up the King and Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below,
Poor old England to overthrow;
By God's providence he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, make the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
Hip hip hoorah!
The biggest connection I see is that both the 4th of July and Guy Fawkes day mark two different treasonous acts against the British crown.
Guy Fawkes and his cohorts were executed.
The signers of the American Declaration of Independence risked being hung until unconscious, taken down and revived, drawn and quartered, boiled in oil and burned with the ashes scattered to the four winds so that no one could honor the Patriots with a monument to their burial place.
That, I believe, is the strongest relationship the two have.
2007-07-18 23:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by Alvin York 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guy Fawkes day is November 5th and remembers the Gunpowder plot against James 1 in 1606. It was a catholic plot to take control of the Government. It failed. American Independence day is July 4th and celebrates the independence of the USA from the English King George III nearly 200 years later. The only connection I can see is that both days are celebrated with fireworks.
2007-07-18 02:32:05 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO Ours is 100% american!! based on the founding of the USA!
2007-07-18 04:56:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
are your brain cells connected?
wth is guy fawkes????
2007-07-18 02:30:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from fireworks, not in the slightest
2007-07-18 02:29:49 · answer #5 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋