Lewes Bonfire Night

Every Bonfire Night in Lewes, East Sussex, there is a celebration, a pride in freedom and independence, stemming from an innate dislike of being dictated to by outsiders - be they foreign powers, or any who attempt unfairly to exert their authority or influence. It is not for nothing that the unofficial motto of Sussex (of which Lewes is the County Town) is "We won't be druv!" The major act of remembrance nowadays is that for the dead of the two World Wars, each Society in turn laying a wreath at the War Memorial. Although some societies in particular pay homage to the old traditions, with effigies of Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese, Pope at the time of the Gunpowder Plot) and Guy Fawkes exploding in a blaze of fireworks, Bonfire is certainly no longer a Protestant festival, and Roman Catholics and people of all beliefs participate freely in the celebrations.

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