Anonymous wrote:I am from the US South and went to a celebration in London once. I found it disturbing because too much of it was like a KKK rally. Burning crosses, etc.

Burning crosses started with the Methodist Church folks. Their very symbol is a burning cross, where the KKK got their idea from since it was a Methodist preacher who revived the KKK in the early 1900s and built it up into a 30 million plus member organization by the 1930s. Then the fad faded after WWII and became non-existent mostly except for a few feds larping.

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many British traditions that I want to continue here but no one to share with.
Is Guy Fawkes celebrated here in DC, anywhere in the States?

An American celebrating Guy Fawkes would be ludicrous considering that there was that little skirmish called the American Revolution to rid us of British rule! Plus we aren't a Catholic country.

Britain hasn't been a "Catholic country" since the English Reformation of 1534 you moron!

DP but true, cause Guy Fawkes and his comrades failed in their religious coup.

I am from the US South and went to a celebration in London once. I found it disturbing because too much of it was like a KKK rally. Burning crosses, etc.

Yea I have a British friend that does the bon fire and effigy every year

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many British traditions that I want to continue here but no one to share with.
Is Guy Fawkes celebrated here in DC, anywhere in the States?

An American celebrating Guy Fawkes would be ludicrous considering that there was that little skirmish called the American Revolution to rid us of British rule! Plus we aren't a Catholic country.

Britain hasn't been a "Catholic country" since the English Reformation of 1534 you moron!

Guy Fawkes was Catholic.

Yes, and they burn him in effigy. It's not a celebration of Guy Fawkes, it's a celebration that he got caught and executed and the king didn't die.

Now he's symbolic of rebellion. And people just like fires. See Burning Man

Anonymous wrote:There are so many British traditions that I want to continue here but no one to share with.
Is Guy Fawkes celebrated here in DC, anywhere in the States?

Nope. He wasn't even the main guy in that fiasco. Weird how he became the name associated with that event. Most people never knew who he even was until the marketing of the mask.

I think about it every year--I'm American and lived in Europe in my 20s. Never have seen a celebration, though.

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many British traditions that I want to continue here but no one to share with.
Is Guy Fawkes celebrated here in DC, anywhere in the States?

An American celebrating Guy Fawkes would be ludicrous considering that there was that little skirmish called the American Revolution to rid us of British rule! Plus we aren't a Catholic country.

Britain hasn't been a "Catholic country" since the English Reformation of 1534 you moron!

Guy Fawkes was Catholic.

Yes, and they burn him in effigy. It's not a celebration of Guy Fawkes, it's a celebration that he got caught and executed and the king didn't die.

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many British traditions that I want to continue here but no one to share with.
Is Guy Fawkes celebrated here in DC, anywhere in the States?

An American celebrating Guy Fawkes would be ludicrous considering that there was that little skirmish called the American Revolution to rid us of British rule! Plus we aren't a Catholic country.

Britain hasn't been a "Catholic country" since the English Reformation of 1534 you moron!

Guy Fawkes was Catholic.

Never been to a Guy Fawkes party nut I go to a Burns Supper every January.

Anonymous wrote:Is it still a celebration of anti-Catholicism? So British.

Yes, it is explicitly anti-Catholic. Would not go over well here considering that we have many more Catholics than the Brits and a tradition of religious freedom.

Is it still a celebration of anti-Catholicism? So British.

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many British traditions that I want to continue here but no one to share with.
Is Guy Fawkes celebrated here in DC, anywhere in the States?

An American celebrating Guy Fawkes would be ludicrous considering that there was that little skirmish called the American Revolution to rid us of British rule! Plus we aren't a Catholic country.

Britain hasn't been a "Catholic country" since the English Reformation of 1534 you moron!

You need British friends in order to celebrate British traditions. Check out the British school for your kids. You’ll meet like minded families there.

Anonymous wrote:There are so many British traditions that I want to continue here but no one to share with.
Is Guy Fawkes celebrated here in DC, anywhere in the States?

An American celebrating Guy Fawkes would be ludicrous considering that there was that little skirmish called the American Revolution to rid us of British rule! Plus we aren't a Catholic country.