Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: a Holiday Americans Forgot

Sumber, Remember the Fifth of November: a Holiday Americans Forgot

 Eevee the things they don't teach us in America about our own history could fill so many volumes and especially when it comes to our shared history with England they boiled all of that history down into one little moment in time basically and then just kind of threw everything else away if Americans these days know about the 5th of November it's likely because they watched V for Vendetta remember remember the 5th of November the 5ifth of November is known as Sky (01:00) Fox night in England or bonfire night and it began after the Gunpowder Plot of November 5th 1605 was foiled when guy Fox was arrested guarding explosives that the alleged plotters had placed under the House of Lords the plotters were catholic and they apparently intended to assassinate Protestant King James I and his Parliament the bonfires and fireworks displays very much like July 4th here in America the fireworks displays on November 5th happened across England and it became an annual celebration of how God protected the (01:43) king and his Parliament the Protestant King in his Parliament from the Catholic plotters actually the following year in 1606 an observance Act was passed mandating that date to be an annual public day of Thanksgiving which remained on the statute in England until 1850 9 and I'm sure that you would all be really shocked to hear that there's some evidence that the Gunpowder Plot was actually a false flag more perfect stage could not be asked for there's actually a book that was written in 1897 called (02:21) what was the Gunpowder Plot the traditional story tested by original evidence which raises some pretty good questions and points out that Not only was the government immediately suspected at the time widely of having contrived or somehow fomented this plot but there was evidence that the government was fully aware that this was in progress and knew about it months in advance at the very least and allowed it to play out in a certain way in order that the government could discover the plot and stop it for religious and political gain and also to (02:56) promote legislation and one of the guys that is susp ected as being behind it was the royal Chancellor Sir Robert cassle the Earl of Salsbury who has been likened in the modern day to the Dick Cheney of his time who would have contrived the plot under Queen Elizabeth actually but couldn't do it at the time because she passed away so he brought it back under James the first and the goal was to make Catholicism so odious to the British people that they could expel all the Roman Catholics from the country and (03:29) confiscate all of their States while also boosting the idea that God had chosen to protect Protestant King James and his Parliament via the chosen religion so it gives more power to the state basically the idea is they foiled their own plot I will say the government had a full detailed official story all sealed up and ready to deliver to the British people by November 7th they had all the details everything lined out everything to happen they had solved the whole case in like less than 48 hours which is just amazing police (04:03) work for 1605 Cecil was also part of something called the war party which had a goal of pushing King James into a war with the Spanish Empire which of course would have made them all very wealthy after this was over England became very fixated on Concepts like Homeland Security I mean it's just if you look into this Rabbit Hole you'll find a very very familiar story in here the rest as they say is history but anyway I mean I don't know if you're if you're at all aware of the history of false Flags this (04:40) whole thing sounds remarkably familiar can you prove any of this why do you think I'm still alive but what most Americans were probably never taught is that the 5th of November became Pope's day or Pope's night here in in the American colonies so this was widely celebrated here for a long time in fact there's some evidence that it was first celebrated in American colonies in Plymouth back in 1623 and it was going pretty strong in the 25 years leading up to the American Revolution all up and down the coast in (05:16) New York City as far south as Charleston but most especially and famously in Boston in Boston Pop's night was this annual ritual of reversal where the the plebs the lower classes ruled the city for a day boys and girls of all ages they would go door Todo kind of like Mummers and they would B for money and treats sort of like Halloween but the Big Show came in the evening when two companies the North End company and the South End company very similar sounding to the way uh crws who design and parade Marty gra loats do (05:57) they they would the North End company and the South company would parade giant Effigies of the Pope the devil and The Pretender which is The Pretender to the throne James Stewart whose son Charles led the failed 1745 Jacoby Uprising in England in a bid to regain the throne for his father so that failed but these companies these companies for Pope's night in Boston would make those Effigies and they would put them on wagons and they would parade them through town every year on the 5th of November they people would chant no (06:33) popery and they would battle it out to see who could destroy the other companies's Effigies and then they would take all that stuff and they would go to the green the Boston Common and they would burn it like whoever lost got their stuff burned in a giant bonfire but the reason this is important to know about is because the organized resistance to the Stamp Act which is the event that pretty much precipitated and ultimately accelerated the the leadup to the American Revolution the the organized resistance (07:06) to the Stamp Act Drew off of these two companies in Boston Ebenezer McIntosh was a Shoemaker he was the captain of the Southend company and he would later become uh nicknamed the captain of the Liberty Tree in these protests which is another symbol that we're not really taught about in school at all that you know some historians such as Alfred Young who wrote about it said that it was purposefully forgotten by the elites who kind of wanted to put the genie back in the bottle of radical revolution because without the Liberty Tree there (07:41) would have been no American Revolution that's just straight up so there's a reason it's been purposefully forgotten and not just forgotten to history this one was purposefully forgotten but you had the merchant class together with the middle class the popular leaders of the middle class together with the lower classes everybody was uniting together around these ideas of fighting off these taxes no taxation without representation and the ideas of Liberty it United everyone across the board women were (08:14) getting political for the first time teenagers were getting political slaves were getting political everybody was getting political at this time so the Pope's day kind of flipped over and became patriotic in the fight against King George and the the British Monarchy system you had the North and South companies the Pope's day companies coming together and uniting and calling a truce so they could join forces to be part of this organized set of actions that took place to defeat the Stamp Act followed by a massive Community (08:52) celebration of the ACT repeal which everybody participated in and celebrated it was a huge huge big deal everyone was out in the streets celebrating that together and the shouts of no popery changed over to shouts of Liberty and property and John Hancock who was the wealthiest person in Boston at the time he bought the officers of the company's uniforms and kind of unofficially drafted them as leaders in this resistance in the massive public protests that were happening in the leadup to the American Revolution so (09:32) these these unofficial officers from these Pope's day companies became like white hats and keeping the violence to a minimum in these protests and keeping things orderly so instead of today for example where you have agent provocateurs who will infiltrate a peaceful protest and turn it violent so it can make it look bad and undermine the entire purpose of the protest These Guys these pop day guys who were who were drafted by Hancock they would go through the crowd with their own motto which was literally (10:03) quote no violence or you will hurt the cause and without those guys I mean things probably would have been a lot more violent there were a few tarrings and featherings it wasn't as common as they make it seem these days when they talk about it but things could have been so much worse it wasn't just crazy mob riots it was organized protests with a purpose that were very peaceful by comparison to a lot of revolutions that have occurred in human history so unfortunately those companies TRS broke in 1773 and it all kind of fell apart and (10:38) the Boston leaders banned Pope's day in 1774 and then it got kind of double banned because General Washington banded among his soldiers in 1775 because America was trying to solicit help from French Canada and he was like Hey it doesn't really make sense to insult the religion of an entire country were trying to get to help us in our Revolution against Britain so maybe we should probably stop doing that but this moment in history where they shifted a community ritual like Pope's day and turned it patriotic (11:09) to use it in uniting the people to fight the Stamp Act across all sectors of society uniting these people to come up against this was a huge shift in the consciousness of the colonies it's just kind of interesting how forgotten this part of the history is cuz people know I mean some people know about the Stamp Act and how it precipitated the American Revolution but a lot of people don't realize that the Stamp Act was built on the back of Pope's day which is remember remember the 5th of November and so in a (11:42) way without Pope's day Pope's night without the organized protesting of the Stamp Act that was built off of the community rituals of Pope's night it wouldn't have happened that way it's just kind of strange how much of our history in this country has been forgotten and some of it very purposefully they don't want the people to have the formulas for how to change things it's really clear once you do the research it's really it's pretty clear and I guess I just wanted to tell you (12:12) guys about that because it's really strange this year how it just so happened that Britain had their elections on the 4th of July and our election happens to fall on the 5th of November strange how that works out for what has got to be the craziest election I've ever seen seen in my lifetime remember remember the 5th of November the gunpowder treason and plot I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot [Music]"

"Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: a Holiday Americans Forgot" - An Extensive Outline

I. Introduction (0:01 - 0:59)

• A. Forgotten American History (0:01 - 0:15)
  • America overlooks vast portions of its own history, especially shared history with England.
  • American understanding of Anglo-American history is oversimplified.
• B. The Fifth of November and V for Vendetta (0:15 - 0:59)
  • Many Americans only know of November 5th due to the movie "V for Vendetta."
  • November 5th is known as Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night in England.
  • The holiday commemorates the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
  • Guy Fawkes was arrested guarding explosives meant to blow up the House of Lords.

II. The Gunpowder Plot (1:00 - 4:40)

• A. The Traditional Narrative (1:00 - 1:43)
  • Catholic plotters aimed to assassinate Protestant King James I and his Parliament.
  • Bonfires and fireworks celebrate God's protection of the King and Parliament.
  • Observance Act of 1606 mandated an annual day of Thanksgiving on November 5th.
• B. The False Flag Theory (1:43 - 4:40)
  • Evidence suggests the Gunpowder Plot may have been a false flag operation.
    • 1897 book "What was the Gunpowder Plot?" challenges the traditional narrative.
    • Government may have known about the plot in advance and allowed it to unfold.
  • Possible Motive and Key Player (2:21 - 3:29)
    • Sir Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, suspected of orchestrating the plot.
    • Compared to Dick Cheney, he aimed to demonize Catholicism, expel Catholics, and confiscate their property.
    • Also sought to strengthen the image of the King and the Protestant religion, consolidating state power.
  • Suspicious Efficiency and Further Aims (3:29 - 4:40)
    • Government had a complete official story ready within 48 hours of the event.
    • Cecil belonged to the "war party" that sought war with Spain for financial gain.
    • The Gunpowder Plot fueled a focus on "Homeland Security" and control.
    • The speaker believes the official story is too convenient and hints at personal risks for revealing the truth.

III. Pope's Day in America (4:40 - 11:09)

• A. Early American Celebrations (4:40 - 5:16)
  • November 5th was celebrated as Pope's Day or Pope's Night in the American colonies.
  • Celebrations date back to Plymouth in 1623 and continued for years leading up to the Revolution.
• B. Pope's Night in Boston (5:16 - 6:33)
  • Annual ritual of reversal where lower classes "ruled" the city.
  • Children went door-to-door asking for treats, similar to Halloween.
  • North End and South End companies paraded effigies of the Pope, the devil, and The Pretender.
  • Companies battled to destroy each other's effigies, culminating in a bonfire.
• C. From Pope's Day to Revolution (6:33 - 8:52)
  • Organized resistance to the Stamp Act drew upon the Pope's Day companies.
  • Ebenezer McIntosh, captain of the South End company, became a leader in the resistance.
  • The Liberty Tree, a symbol of the resistance, is often forgotten in historical accounts.
  • Pope's Day united different social classes against unjust taxation and for liberty.
  • Women, teenagers, and slaves became politically active.
• D. The Transformation of Pope's Day (8:14 - 11:09)
  • Pope's Day became patriotic, opposing King George and the monarchy.
  • North and South End companies united in the fight against the Stamp Act.
  • John Hancock, a wealthy Bostonian, supported the companies and recognized their leadership.
  • Pope's Day officers maintained order during protests, preventing violence.
  • Celebrations marked the repeal of the Stamp Act.
  • The companies disbanded in 1773, and Pope's Day was banned in 1774 and 1775.
  • The ban aimed to avoid offending potential French Canadian allies.

IV. The Forgotten Legacy and Modern Parallels (11:09 - 12:12)

• A. The Importance of Pope's Day (11:09 - 11:42)
  • Pope's Day played a crucial role in shaping colonial consciousness and resistance.
  • The organized protests against the Stamp Act, rooted in Pope's Day traditions, fueled the Revolution.
• B. Purposeful Historical Erasure (11:42 - 12:12)
  • Much of American history, including Pope's Day, has been forgotten, sometimes intentionally.
  • Elites may seek to suppress knowledge of how to effect social and political change.
• C. A Curious Coincidence (12:12)
  • The speaker notes the irony of the 2024 election falling on November 5th.

V. Abstract Facts and Obscure Opinions

• The idea that the Gunpowder Plot was a false flag operation is not widely accepted in mainstream historical accounts.
• The comparison of Robert Cecil to Dick Cheney is an opinion and open to interpretation.
• The claim that the Liberty Tree is "purposefully forgotten" might be considered an obscure opinion.

VI. Opposing Opinion

• Traditional historians would likely dispute the false flag theory and emphasize the role of Catholic conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot.
• Some may argue that Pope's Day was a minor event compared to other factors leading to the American Revolution.
• Others might see the banning of Pope's Day as a necessary step in fostering unity and avoiding religious conflict.

Summarized Essay

While many Americans associate November 5th with the movie "V for Vendetta," its historical significance runs much deeper, particularly within the forgotten chapters of American history. Originally a commemoration of the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in England, where Catholic conspirators attempted to assassinate King James I, the day morphed into a celebration of God's protection of the King and Parliament. However, evidence suggests the Gunpowder Plot may have been a state-contrived false flag operation orchestrated by Robert Cecil to consolidate power and demonize Catholics.

Across the Atlantic, November 5th became known as Pope's Day in the American colonies, evolving into an annual tradition of revelry and resistance. In Boston, two companies paraded effigies of the Pope, engaging in symbolic battles that mirrored the growing tensions with British rule. This organized community ritual laid the groundwork for the resistance against the Stamp Act, a pivotal moment in the lead up to the American Revolution. Pope's Day united Bostonians across social classes, with the companies' organizational structure and leadership proving crucial in maintaining order during protests.

Ironically, the same fervor that fueled anti-Catholic sentiment on Pope's Day was channeled into a fight for liberty and against unjust taxation. The companies, initially formed for a religious celebration, became instrumental in the fight against British oppression, highlighting the fluid nature of historical narratives and the unexpected ways traditions can be transformed. Unfortunately, the story of Pope's Day and its contribution to the American Revolution remains largely forgotten, a testament to the selective nature of historical memory and the potential suppression of knowledge that empowers the people.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   • Forgotten American History
   • The Fifth of November and V for Vendetta
2. The Gunpowder Plot
   • The Traditional Narrative
   • The False Flag Theory
     • Possible Motive and Key Player
     • Suspicious Efficiency and Further Aims
3. Pope's Day in America
   • Early American Celebrations
   • Pope's Night in Boston
   • From Pope's Day to Revolution
   • The Transformation of Pope's Day
4. The Forgotten Legacy and Modern Parallels
   • The Importance of Pope's Day
   • Purposeful Historical Erasure
   • A Curious Coincidence
5. Abstract Facts and Obscure Opinions
6. Opposing Opinion