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Is there anything named after Guy Fawkes?

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In the United Kingdom the failed plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament is celebrated with bonfires where an effigy of Guy Fawkes is burned along with firework displays on November 5th. It is called Guy Fawkes Night.
As a convicted traitor Guy Fawkes has no other real memorials.

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