What Day Is Patriots Day On
The proper noun "Patriots' Day" designates a civic holiday observed on the third Monday of April in the states of Massachusetts and Maine. In Wisconsin, it is observed as a public school holiday on April 19. The date is a floating observance tied to a specific day of the week rather than a fixed calendar date. Historically, the holiday was first proclaimed in Massachusetts in 1894 to be observed on April 19, the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, which were the first armed conflicts of the American Revolutionary War. In 1969, as part of a legislative trend to create three-day weekends, Massachusetts moved the observance to the third Monday in April. This shift from a specific date to a Monday observance aligns with the principles of the federal Uniform Monday Holiday Act, although Patriots' Day itself remains a state-level holiday. ...