Pope Night
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title:
Pope Night
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Pope Night was an anti-Catholic holiday celebrated annually on November 5 in the colonial United States. It evolved from the British Guy Fawkes Night, which commemorates the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Pope Night was most popular in the seaport towns of New England, especially in Boston, where it was an occasion for drinking, rioting, and anti-elite protest by the working class. Gang violence became part of the tradition in the 1740s, with residents of different Boston neighborhoods b
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Anti-Catholic holiday celebrated in the colonial United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Night
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2023-12-25T08:18:23Z
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