It is also encouraged to celebrate this anniversary in Florida, but it is not a holiday in that state. Until the holiday was celebrated on April 19 th each year, which was the actual date of the battles. In the holiday was moved to fall on the third Monday of April. Re-enactments are one common way of honoring the anniversary, and the Boston Marathon is also held on this day each year.
The British troops were on their way to Concord to raid a stockpile of weapons. The first shot of the American Revolutionary War occurred on April 19 th , It is referred to as the 'Shot heard 'round the world'. Governor Frederic T.
Greenhalge of Massachusetts wanted to replace Fast Day a then-rarely observed day of fasting and prayer that had been around since the 17th century in the state calendar without costing his constituents a day of work in Greenhalge was inspired by the state's valiant fight for independence from British control, and renamed the holiday Patriots' Day and moved it to April The latest commemoration will not only honour the battles that formally marked the American Revolution but also mark the anniversary of the Baltimore riot, which is widely regarded as the American Civil War's first bloodshed.
The Boston Marathon was introduced to the celebration of Patriots' Day in , influenced by the restoration of the marathon race at the preceding year's summer Olympic games in Athens.
Got it, again? So, people came out to celebrate and decided to head to Lexington and walk and ride to Boston. Everyone counted themselves in.
It would be this walk and horse ride together that would be the inspiration for the Boston Marathon and when the Olympics rolled around…well, the rest is history. Pardon the pun. In , Maine who was actually part of Massachusetts until the Missouri Compromise of , decided to join in.
They clearly just wanted an excuse to have a three-day weekend. Wisconsin came out of nowhere and decided that they also wanted a three-day weekend and in , they jumped on board. My guess is that they either really like their history or are just filled to the brim with patriotism.
Any patriot is more than welcome to join in. Connecticut felt bad since they were considered part of New England, and Wisconsin made them look bad. Florida is a strange bird — just read a news headline, so your guess on why it is encouraged and what exactly that means, is as good as mine.
Stores and other businesses and organizations may be open or closed according to local custom. Most public transit services run to reduced schedules, but may not operate in rural areas.
There may be some local disruption to traffic around the re-enactments and sports events, particularly in Boston. If Patriots' Day and Tax Day fall on the same date, the deadline for filing an income tax return is extended for the residents of some states.
Patriots' Day is not a public holiday in other parts of the United States. Prior to , the area that is now the eastern part of the United States mainly consisted of British colonies controlled by the United Kingdom.
The first battles in this war were fought in the areas of Lexington and Concord, near Boston, Massachusetts, on April 19, For this reason, the third Monday in April is symbolic for the emerging independence of the new country.
Paul Revere is among the patriots who are remembered on Patriots' Day. The American silversmith is known for spreading the word of the Boston Tea Party to New York and Philadelphia, and for warning the Lexington Minutemen about the British invasion in
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