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
public holiday
state holiday
alsoKnownAs Patriots’ Day
surface form: Patriots Day

Patriots’ Day
surface form: Patriot’s Day
appliesToJurisdiction Massachusetts
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Maine
surface form: State of Maine
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
dayOfWeek Monday
follows Easter
surface form: Easter Sunday

Palm Sunday
hasCause Battle of Menotomy
Battles of Lexington and Concord
hasMainCelebrationLocation Arlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
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)
replaced Fast Day (Massachusetts)
startTime 1894
theme American patriotism

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Patriots’ Day alsoKnownAs Patriots’ Day
this entity surface form: Patriot’s Day
Patriots’ Day alsoKnownAs Patriots’ Day
this entity surface form: Patriots Day
Siege of Boston commemoratedBy Patriots’ Day
this entity surface form: Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
Peter Berg directed Patriots’ Day
this entity surface form: Patriots Day (film)
Heartbreak Hill eventAssociation Patriots’ Day
this entity surface form: Patriots’ Day Boston Marathon
Fast Day (Massachusetts) hasSuccessor Patriots’ Day
Mark Wahlberg notableWork Patriots’ Day
this entity surface form: Patriots Day
Boston Marathon occursOn Patriots’ Day
Patriots’ Day officialName Patriots’ Day self-link
Patriots’ Day relatedTo Patriots’ Day self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Patriot’s Day (holiday in other U.S. states and contexts)
Fast Day (Massachusetts) replacedBy Patriots’ Day
Fast Day (Massachusetts) supersededBy Patriots’ Day