@roger,
Over here we celebrate the failure of the first major terrorist incident by burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes, one of the ringleaders.
It’s a central part of the festivities on Bonfire Night, November 5th along with fireworks. For a long time I believed Guy Fawkes was burnt at the stake for his part in the Gunpowder Plot, but I was wrong.
He was condemned to drawing and quartering, but escaped such a grisly end by falling from the scaffold and breaking his neck.