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| Official Website: Bonfires, and Brawls: Colonial Boston Celebrates Guy Fawkes Location: 206 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02109 map Phone:617-720-1713 x27 Date: Monday, November 5, 2007 Hours: 6:30 p.m In/Outdoor: Indoor Cost: Free see below |
The Bostonian Society's Lowell Lecture Series presents a lecture on Bonfires, Effigies and Brawls: Colonial Boston Celebrates Guy Fawkes Day.
Remember, Remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.……
Every fifth of November the people of Britain celebrate the failure of Guy Fawkes and his fellow Catholic conspirators to blow up the English Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. In colonial Boston, the celebration was called Pope’s Day. Working men and women of Boston would stage parades, bonfires and other events to demonstrate their angry sentiments toward both Catholics and the British monarchy.
Prof. Brendan McConville of Boston University and Prof. Cynthia Van Zandt of the University of New Hampshire will explore how this once politically and religiously charged holiday rose and fell out of colonial practice.
Location
Old State House (Corner of State and Washington Streets, Downtown Boston)
206 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02109
This event is free and open to the public
Virtual Exhibition
In addition to this presentation, The Bostonian Society will unveil a virtual exhibition to provide a provocative peek at Pope’s Day in Boston during the tumultuous years leading up to the Revolution. The exhibition will be launched on November 5, 2007 on the Society’s website www.bostonhistory.org
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