Patriots' Day
Definition
An annual U.S. holiday commemorating the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy on April 19, 1775, which were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Primarily observed on the third Monday in April in Massachusetts and Maine, with additional observances on fixed dates like April 19 in states such as Florida, Wisconsin, Connecticut, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah.
Features traditions like battle reenactments, parades, historic tours, and the Boston Marathon, linking ancient struggles for liberty to modern endurance feats.
Examples
On Patriots' Day, minutemen reenact the dawn battles while the rest of us chug coffee, wondering if colonists had energy gels.
Patriots' Day turns Massachusetts into a time machine, complete with muskets, parades, and the Boston Marathon's sweaty patriotism.
Forget alarm clocks; Patriots' Day starts with musket fire at 6 a.m., ensuring even history buffs get an explosive wake-up call.
In Maine, it's Patriot's Day minus the apostrophe, proving spelling rebels fight on even in holiday nomenclature.