Patriots' Day

Patriots' Day
Patriots' Day Pa"tri*ots' Day A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. [U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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