Monday, April 17, 2006
Patriot's Day
From Wiki - "Patriot's Day (sometimes spelled "Patriots' Day" or without the apostrophe) is a holiday in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Maine, and (to a lesser extent) Wisconsin. It is on April 19, in honor of the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, which is generally considered to be the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. In recent years it has generally been observed on the Monday nearest that date, to provide a three-day long weekend. Since 1969, the holiday has been observed on the third Monday in April.
My lovely wife, who claims to be a southerner, was not familiar with the tradition of Patriot's Day. My grandfather lives in Concord, Mass, so I spent many Patriot's Days standing in the town square for the annual parade. Understandably, Concord takes Patriot's Day seriously. It is a pretty little town. (Pictures) Probably a little different than when I was a kid, but the pictures look the same.
My lovely wife, who claims to be a southerner, was not familiar with the tradition of Patriot's Day. My grandfather lives in Concord, Mass, so I spent many Patriot's Days standing in the town square for the annual parade. Understandably, Concord takes Patriot's Day seriously. It is a pretty little town. (Pictures) Probably a little different than when I was a kid, but the pictures look the same.
# posted by Rob : Monday, April 17, 2006
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Unfortunately, If you asked the average Massachussets citizen what Patriots day means, most of them will not be able to tell you that it is the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. They WILL be able to tell you that that it is the day when the Red Sox always play at 11:05 a.m., That it is the day when they run the Boston Marathon, and it frequently falls on the day when your Federal taxes are due, meaning that residents of Masachusetts get one more day to file than the rest of the country. (So do any state that is served by the Andover, MA processing center which this year includes Maine, NH, Mass, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia. Here's a question for you - Why do D.C. and Maryland send theirs to Massachusets when the logical processing center is Philadelphia, but poor Rhode Island and Connecticut have to send THEIRS down to Atlanta, GA? I guess that's the government for you)
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