April 19, 2024: Steve Grossman of Framingham fires his musket in front
of the Sudbury Town Hall before the Sudbury Companies of Militia and Minute
marched from Sudbury to the Old North Bridge in Concord on the actual date of
Patriots Day, April 19, 2024.
Daily News And Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman
Why does Massachusetts celebrate Patriots' Day?
Massachusetts designated April 19 as Patriots' Day in 1894 to commemorate the opening battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolution. The holiday is observed however, on the third Monday of every April.
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