Today is Patriot's Day - when we commemorate the first battles of the Revolutionary War. What does Patriot's Day mean to you?

I don't know of anything Special here in Kansas City, I'm sure there is something being the HQ of the VFW but I've been out of the loop for a while. "What does it Mean to You" It's a Great Giggle thinking about 3 guys Dr Samuel Prescott, William Dawes (Great Grandpa) and Paul Revere rushing off into the Night an Damn if these 3 guys didn't Run into a British Roadblock. Bad Luck. Revere was Arrested, Prescott Escaped on His Horse and somehow Grandpa thru a Little Trickery Escaped the British Soldiers.

SN Vivien Roman-Hampton wow, I did not know of this: It means DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY, selfless service to a grateful nation!!

Patriots Day is a State holiday in Massachusetts and much of the battle activities of April 19th 1775 ar reenacted along the Old Battle Road which runs from Lexington to Concord. Patriots Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr Prescott's famous ride to warm the British Regulars are the march to Lexington and Concord is reenacted also. the lanterns are still hung in the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston to signal the movement of the British Troops. The miles of Battle road are still lined with the original homes, farms and taverns of 1775 and are all part of the Minuteman National Historic park. Three of My own relatives Marched from Sudbury, MA with the Minutemen to battle the British at Old North Bridge in Concord. Shown below are Minutemen marching to battle in the 1st picture to face the British Troops in the 2nd picture. The 3rd picture is British Troops crossing old North bridge where a large Force of Minutemen from several Towns await on the other side of that bridge. Picture 4 is the Minutemen from Sudbury marching from the Wayside Inn to battle the British at Old North Bridge. Those Minutemen with others from Cities and Town in Middlesex country responded to the call to battle. Earlier in the morning after an overnight march a battle had taken place in Lexington and the British continued their march to Concord. As a point of interest the Wayside Inn is the oldest operating in in the United States and still serves food and drink. Back in the 1600s it was known as "Howe's Tavern" The Howes were My relatives and owners of that inn and one was a Colonel of the Militia and the other two privates that fought at Concord.

In other activities the Boston Marathon is also run on Patriot's Day each year.