Comments | etakyma: Marathon Monday! Patriot's Day! Third Monday in April!

etakyma

Marathon Monday! Patriot's Day! Third Monday in April!

Apr 19, 2009 21:48

Whatever it means to you, to me it means HOLIDAY! And most places are closed... for a holiday that only Massachusetts and Maine celebrate (although Wisconsin lets all their public school kids have a day off for it). Patriot's Day celebrates the Revolutionary War battles of Lexington and Concord (the battles that officially started the war - ( Read more... )

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roguebitch April 20 2009, 03:16:43 UTC

(although Wisconsin lets all their public school kids have a day off for it)

*goes and looks at school calendar*

You had me terrified for a minute there, but Hari still has school tomorrow! Maybe they had it off last Monday when it was still under the category of "Spring Break". ;->

etakyma April 20 2009, 03:47:16 UTC

I think this is the reason April Vacation is always the third week in April here... Because they only miss four days rather than five.

I got the Wisconsin statistic from an online news item, so I bet was part of the vacation week if your school vacation was last week.

We've also got the reenactment of the Paul Revere ride, the battles of Concord and Lexington, and also the baseball home game at Fenway, scheduled to end so the spectators can leave Fenway park, wander a few blocks to race route and cheer on the leaders of the marathon for the last mile or so. Big party time, here.