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Patriots' Day (officially Patriots' Day in Massachusetts and Wisconsin and Patriot's Day in Maine) is a civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War on April 19, 1775. The holiday was originally celebrated on April 19, the actual anniversary of the battles. Since 1969, it has been observed on the third Monday in April, providing a three-day long weekend in Massachusetts and in Maine, which until the mid-19th century was part of Massachusetts. The day also is the first day of a vacation week for public schools in both states. The day is a public school observance day in Wisconsin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wisconsin Public School Observance Days )〕 Florida law also encourages people to celebrate it, though it is not treated as a public holiday.〔§683.14, Fla. Stat. (2013) http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0600-0699/0683/0683.html〕 Observances and re-enactments of the battles occur annually at Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts (around 6:00 am) and the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts (around 9:00 am). In the morning, mounted re-enactors with state police escorts retrace the Midnight Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes, calling out warnings the whole way. Patriots' Day is also a school holiday for many local colleges and universities, both public and private. In Maine and Massachusetts, when Patriots' Day falls on a day where income tax returns would otherwise be due for the remainder of the country, residents of those states are given until midnight of the next day (Tuesday) to submit their state tax returns. Federal income tax returns are still due on the same date as the rest of the country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mass., Maine residents have 2 tax filing deadlines )〕 The biggest celebration of Patriots' Day is the Boston Marathon, which has been run every Patriots' Day since April 19, 1897 to mark the then-recently established holiday, with the race linking the Athenian and American struggles for liberty〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The History of the Boston Marathon: A Perfect Way to Celebrate Patriot's Day )〕 (marathons being so named after the Greek Battle of Marathon). ==History== Patriots' Day was first proclaimed in Massachusetts in 1894 by Gov. Frederic T. Greenhalge replacing Fast Day as a public holiday.〔 It was established on April 19, commemorating the date of the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, and consolidating the longstanding municipal observances of Lexington Day and Concord Day. It also marked the first bloodshed of the American Civil War in the Baltimore riot of 1861, during which four members of the Massachusetts militia were slain and 36 injured. The dual commemoration, Greenhalge explained, celebrated "the anniversary of the birth of liberty and union." In 1938, with the generation that had fought in the Civil War largely off the voter rolls, the Massachusetts legislature passed a bill establishing the holiday "in commemoration of the opening events of the War of the Revolution."〔 Maine followed Massachusetts in 1907 and replaced its Fast Day with Patriot's Day.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patriots' Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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