Remember, Remember, the 5th Of November…

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Remember, Remember, the 5th Of November
Gunpowder, treason, and plot…

These are the opening lines of the famous gunpowder rhyme that commemorates the attempt to blow up Britain’s Houses of Parliament in 1605, an act of violence that we would term “domestic terrorism” in this day and age.

I am sure most of you know the basic story as well as I do, which was that the plot was conceived by a group of English citizens who professed the Roman Catholic religion and wished to restore...