Guy Fawkes Question

My youngest son asked why we celebrate Guy Fawkes as the arsonist and not the bloke that found him with the 12 barrels of explosives. Good question son I replied.
Anyway some trivia on Mr Fawkes then;

Born: 1570 in York. Yes, Guy Fawkes was a Yorkshireman.
Baptised: 16th April 1570 at Saint Michael-le-Belfrey, York.
Died: 31st Jan 1606 at Old Palace Yard, Westminster.
Schooled: Saint Peter's in York.
Fawkes left England in 1593 or 1594 for Flanders. He enlisted in the Spanish army under the Archduke Albert of Austria. Fawkes held a post of command when the Spaniards took Calais in 1596 under the orders of King Philip II of Spain.
November 5, 1605, Fawkes was arrested in the cellars of Parliament House.
In 1606 Parliament agreed to make 5th November a day of public thanksgiving and ever since then the day has been celebrated with fireworks and bonfires.



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