Patriots’ Day
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Patriots’ Day is a regional holiday in Massachusetts and Maine commemorating the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War, observed each April with events including the Boston Marathon.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commemorative observance
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public holiday ⓘ state holiday ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Patriots’ Day
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surface form:
Patriots Day
Patriots’ Day ⓘ
surface form:
Patriot’s Day
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| appliesToJurisdiction |
Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Maine ⓘ
surface form:
State of Maine
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| associatedEvent | Boston Marathon ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boston Red Sox home game at Fenway Park
ⓘ
morning Major League Baseball game in Boston ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Patriot militia in the American Revolution
ⓘ
Paul Revere’s ride ⓘ Samuel Prescott’s ride ⓘ William Dawes’s ride ⓘ opening battles of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| dayOfWeek | Monday ⓘ |
| follows |
Easter
ⓘ
surface form:
Easter Sunday
Palm Sunday ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Battle of Menotomy
ⓘ
Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ |
| hasMainCelebrationLocation |
Arlington, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ Lexington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalActivity |
Boston Marathon
ⓘ
Patriots’ Day Parade in Concord ⓘ Patriots’ Day Parade in Lexington ⓘ Patriots’ Day reenactment at Lexington Green ⓘ Patriots’ Day reenactment at Old North Bridge ⓘ educational programs about the American Revolution ⓘ flag-raising ceremonies ⓘ historical reenactments of the Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ patriotic speeches ⓘ |
| inception | 1894 ⓘ |
| legislatedBy | Massachusetts General Court ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | New England ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Maine
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ
surface form:
North Dakota (as a state observance)
Wisconsin (as a school observance day) ⓘ |
| occursOn | third Monday in April (Massachusetts and Maine) ⓘ |
| officialName | Patriots’ Day self-link ⓘ |
| previouslyOccurredOn | April 19 ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
surface form:
Lexington and Concord
Patriots’ Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Patriot’s Day (holiday in other U.S. states and contexts)
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| replaced | Fast Day (Massachusetts) ⓘ |
| startTime | 1894 ⓘ |
| theme | American patriotism ⓘ |
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Patriots’ Day Boston Marathon
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Patriots Day
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Patriot’s Day (holiday in other U.S. states and contexts)