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Guy Fawkes Day: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Bonfire Night • Fireworks Night

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Guy Fawkes Day
A homemade Guy Fawkes effigy with a white painted face, gloves for hands, and dressed in old clothes sits against a wire fence in a grassy field.
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