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From: John Saillant <oieahc@YAHOO.COM>
List Editor: John Saillant <oieahc@YAHOO.COM>
Editor's Subject: Re: BBC: Where have all the Bonfire Nights guys gone? [J Berson]
Author's Subject: Re: BBC: Where have all the Bonfire Nights guys gone? [J Berson]
Date Written: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 08:02:02 -0500
Date Posted: Sat, 08 Nov 2013 08:02:02 -0500

At 11/7/2013 07:06 AM, H-OIEAHC wrote:
 > Is it possible the Bonfire Night guys realized that the practice of
burning effigies on this date is an act of religious prejudice and
decided tolerance was the better route???

Doesn't it depend on whom one burns?  At various times the victims
included Admiral Byng (when New England still had some common interests
with Old England); Hutchinson, Gage, and North; and Benedict Arnold.

Joel Berson

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