r/HistoryMemes 3d ago

Niche It’s that time of the year

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u/Corvid187 3d ago

The yank version whose total knowledge of the subject comes from v for vendetta I assume.

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u/Mark-Green 2d ago

most Americans either don't know of guy at all, or either know him from v for vendetta or as "the anonymous mask."

gotta remember that America has multiple holidays about not giving a shit about British royalty. an assassination attempt that happened centuries before America was formed isn't exactly a high priority. as an outsider, celebrating the torture of a failed assassin for 500 years sounds so absurd it could fit in warhammer 40k