[mvpel]

This is why at a Guy Fawkes celebration they burn him in effigy. Often, they burn an effigy of the pope as well. That's not a "commemoration" in the sense of a celebration. Guy Fawkes Day is a very Protestant, somewhat anti-Catholic, and very anti-terrorist kind of holiday.

The founders of the US were considered terrorists by the Crown. They accomplished 170-some years later what Guy Fawkes couldn't - an overthrow of the rule of the English monarchy.

Treason against tyranny is loyalty to liberty.

[zeugma]

Treason against tyranny is loyalty to liberty.

True. Our version of Guy Fawkes day is on July 4th, because our revolution suceeded.

History is written by the victors. We'll never know what impact Fawkes might have had if he'd succeeded.