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Pope's Night, Remastered (Ep75)
Pope's Night, Remastered (Ep75)
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Apr 9, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week, we’re revisiting the bizarre holiday known as Pope’s Night that was celebrated in early Boston. Having evolved out of the British observation of Guy Fawkes Day, Boston took the event to extremes. The virulently anti-Catholic colonists in our town held festive bonfires, parades, and plenty of drinking. Almost every year, the celebration would lead to massive street fights and riots that sometimes turned deadly, all to commemorate a thwarted plot against the British Parliament. Pope’s Night was the subject of our very first podcast, and we’re happy to revisit it here with better research, more practiced storytelling, and hopefully better audio quality.
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/075
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/075
Released:
Apr 9, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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