Remember the 9ᵗʰ of November 1923!—commemorative stamp 1935
Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!..."Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."—George Santayana 1905
Guy Fawkes was executed for trying to blow up the English Parliament in 1605. The day, 5ᵗʰ of November is celebrated as Bonfire Night in the United Kingdom.
The Nazis had a failed putsch on the 9ᵗʰ of November 1923. They marked the commemoration on a stamp twelve years later, after they were successful.
The 6ᵗʰ of January 2021, the Republican demagogue unleashed an initial failed putsch in the United States. The party is programming a framework for another attempt.
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