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Lost Holiday: How Colonial Boston Celebrated the Fifth of November

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Nov 05 2020
Lost Holiday: How Colonial Boston Celebrated the Fifth of November

The 5th of November was a milestone in the annual calendar for the youth of Boston. On that date they got to march around town in costume, making noise, asking for money, and topping off the evening with a gang brawl and a bonfire.

The 5th of November was a milestone in the annual calendar for the youth of Boston. On that date they got to march around town in costume, making noise, asking for money, and topping off the evening with a gang brawl and a bonfire. In accord with New England's anti-Catholicism, they called it "Pope Night." This talk by J.L. Bell looks at the roots of that holiday in British history, how its rituals became part of Boston's pre-Revolutionary politics, and how the Revolutionary War brought the ... view more »

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