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Patriots' Day

American  

noun

  1. the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.


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Most people in Massachusetts don’t see Patriots’ Day this way; for them, it’s just a day off, a costume parade their parents used to take them to, and the Boston Marathon.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2025

Like a lot of locals, Bill Evans grew up with the Boston Marathon — watching his brothers run the race or otherwise enjoying the day off from school on the Patriots’ Day holiday.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2023

“Everyone understands that a war has already been declared,” said Voloymyr Chistilin, one of the organizers of Patriots’ Day in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city after the capital, Kyiv.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

If you live in Maine or Massachusetts, you actually have until April 19th because of Patriots’ Day.

From The Verge • Jan. 19, 2022

Again, Patriots’ Day and Memorial Day present many ideas in regard to blackboard drawing and decoration.

From Blackboard Drawing by Whitney, Frederick

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