Patriots' Day For Massachusetts And Maine

Added: 11/01/2007

One of the funnest holidays for Massachusetts and Main would have to be Patriots' Day. This is a time to commemorate the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is another holiday that use to be celebrated on April 19 (which is the same date as when the first battle started) but since then has been changed to the third Monday in April. When you go to see Patriots' Day you have to stay and watch the reenactment of the first battle, that is half the fun of going.

This is a great holiday that I think everyone in America should enjoy. Patriots' Day is a fun holiday that is really a civic holiday. It is a time for people of Massachusetts and Maine to enjoy this wonderful event. The purpose of Patriots' Day is to celebrate the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. The first battle of this war was on April 19, 1775 and was in Lexington and Concord. Of course, that is why the holiday used to be on April 19 of every year. However, they soon changed it in 1969 to the third Monday in April, so that the holiday would kick off a three day weekend. This seems to get people more into the celebrating mode. If you go to one of these states to see Patriots' Day, then you have to stay and see the reenactment of the war. This is something that is amazing to see and really gives you a good feel of how the war looked. Everyone dresses up in old time clothes and it gives it a good feel. Sometimes you will really think you stepped back into time and saw the battle first hand. It really is that amazing to see. Some other fun things happen on Patriots' Day, like this is the day that starts off the Boston Marathon, and also the Boston Red Sox usually play a home game on this date.

Another funny thing about Patriot's Day, is the fact that occasionally Tax Day falls on this date as well. Sometimes it falls on the following week, either way it causes the tax deadline to be extended a day for many states. Why does it do that you ask? Well this happens because the IRS processing center for those states is located in Massachusetts. Thus, that processing center is on holiday during the tax deadline, thus you get an extra day to turn in your taxes for the previous year. It was sad on Patriots' day of 2007, because of heavy rain. This caused the annual battle reenactment to get canceled for the first time ever. That has never happened in all the years they have been doing the reenactment. Also in lighter news, the Boston Red Sox had their game delayed. The only thing that was not effected was the Boston Marathon race, which started on time as usual. I love holidays and think its a great time to spend with your friends and family. I think that Patriots' Day should be no different. I wish that every state celebrated this holiday, I love any celebration that starts off a three day weekend.

This is just a fun time to get together with people and learn some things about history. To me that is the best way to learn history. If it is something that you need to learn (and that you should learn), then why not celebrate it in a way that makes people want to learn it. Nothing does that better than a holiday. Also nothing gets families together like a holiday. So why not go to Massachusetts or Main and get in some good quality time with your family? After you get there you will be so happy that you chose to take part in this amazing holiday. Not only that, your family will be happy that your chose to do it as well. That is just the way these types of things work out. So why not give Patriots' Day a try, it could be just what you are looking for.

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