As a kid growing up in the Boston area, we always looked forward to Patriot’s Day, a New England-only holiday that occurs on the third Monday in April. Most importantly, this day represented the beginning of “April Vacation”, a week off from school. (In New England, schools have a week-long “February Vacation” and a week-long “April Vacation”. After moving out of the area and realizing that the rest of the country has one week off before or after Easter Sunday, I never did understand the N.E. rules, although perhaps it was to encourage parents not to take their children out of school to go skiing.)
Patriot’s Day, however is much more than just the start of Spring Break in Boston… It’s also the day that they run the Boston Marathon and the day of the only Major League Baseball game that starts before Noon (first pitch at Fenway Park is always at 11:05). So, all over the city, people take the day off and, weather permitting, get drunk while watching sports. It’s no wonder this is such a popular holiday (and why I miss it so much now that I don’t live in the area).
The hilarious thing about all this is that, although I grew up in the Boston area, to this day I had no idea what Patriot’s Day actually celebrated (no, it’s not the football team). So I did some research: It commemerates April 19, 1775 — the battle of Lexington and Concord, the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and Paul Revere’s legendary ride. In fact, re-enacting Revere’s ride is a far longer-standing tradition than the marathon or the Sox game.
Perhaps we should all be celebrating Patriot’s Day after all… (nice spring day, off work… any takers?)
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