Patriots' Day
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
Red Sox veteran Rich Hill is set to pitch on Patriots’ Day at Fenway Park days after the death of his father, who ran the Boston Marathon 37 times.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2022
“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
This was the day which Massachusetts now celebrates as Patriots' Day.
From The Siege of Boston by French, Allen
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