# Patriots Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901 "2008-04-18T15:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/1 "2008-04-18T15:26:52Z")
Monday is Patriots Day in Boston, celebrating the battles of Concord and Lexington, and a holiday for many people in the state\*, including MilliCal, who gets the whole week off. It’s also a holiday in Maine, which was once part of Masachusetts, so that makes sense. But i’ve just learned that _Wisconsin_ celebrates Patriots Day, too !! and has ever since 2001: [http://www.wissar.org/patriotday.htm](http://www.wissar.org/patriotday.htm) Evidently the result of work by the Wisconsin Society Sons of the American Revolution (WISSAR). I hadn’t heard a word about this before. Why, at this late date, would Wisconsin adopt the same Holiday as Massachusetts? On the radio this morning the DJs at WROR were asking why the whole nation shouldn’t celebrate Patriots Day, but I could see why nobody else cares as much about Concord and Lexington – it’s local. Wisconsin, on its own, taking up Patriots Day seems as odd as New Jersey suddenly adopting Utah’s Pioneer Day. Did Wisconsin need another holiday or something? Will other states start taking the Monday nearest April 19th off? \*Not me, though, in any of the jobs I’ve held here in Massachusetts. I gotta exercise more discretion in job selection. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/2 "2008-04-18T15:49:09Z")
18-1. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/3 "2008-04-18T15:57:58Z")
**RNATB** , that was pretty damn funny. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/4 "2008-04-18T17:54:32Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Did Wisconsin need another holiday or something? [/QUOTE] Yeah, but Necrophilic Cannibal Serial Killers Day got voted down. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/5 "2008-04-18T18:03:40Z")
All I have to say is that not only is it a holiday, but on that day will be the marathon **and** a Red Sox game. My commute is going to suck ass. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/6 "2008-04-18T18:05:21Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] All I have to say is that not only is it a holiday, but on that day will be the marathon **and** a Red Sox game. My commute is going to suck ass. [/QUOTE] On the bright side, the harbor should be tea free. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/7 "2008-04-18T18:12:54Z")
Mmmm, free tea. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/8 "2008-04-18T18:30:44Z")
I know it’s already been said, but damn it, it’s what I came in here to say so I’m-a saying it: 18-1. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/9 "2008-04-18T23:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] I know it’s already been said, but damn it, it’s what I came in here to say so I’m-a saying it: 18-1. [/QUOTE] Sometimes once is enough. 😃_High Five_ ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/10 "2008-04-19T19:14:10Z")
Did I win? ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/11 "2008-04-19T19:32:59Z")
I still have to work on Monday. :mad: And I have to grade papers all weekend. :mad: And it’s Spring Weekend, so all the students are outside drinking, playing frisbee, listening to music, and soaking up the sun. :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/12 "2008-04-21T14:34:12Z")
In my neighborhood right now, the barriers are up, making it hard to walk through. There are porta potties all over the place. There is a large gathering of cops, oddly enough a good block away from Dunkin’ Donuts. There is a guy setting up an easel so that he can paint the race. (He complained that the damned runners probably won’t stand still and pose for him.) I suspect that when I walk through there after work, it’ll look like a war zone. A drunken and obnoxious war zone. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/13 "2008-04-21T15:39:27Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] I know it’s already been said, but damn it, it’s what I came in here to say so I’m-a saying it: 18-1. [/QUOTE] I don’t get it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/14 "2008-04-21T15:46:22Z")
(New England) Patriots won 18 games in a row, then failed to win the Superbowl, so their final record for the 2007/8 season was 18-1. Among those of us who dislike the Patriots it’s considered _the thing_ to remind people of that as often as possible, with t-shirts if necessary: [http://www.bustedtees.com/18-1](http://www.bustedtees.com/18-1) Anyway, it was funny this time because the thread had absolutely nothing to do with the Patriots football team. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/15 "2008-04-21T18:10:15Z")
I am rather disapointed that [Patriots Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots_Day) has been co-opted by [Patriot Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Day), commemorating 9/11. Couldn’t they have found another name? One that wasn’t already taken, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/16 "2008-04-22T02:50:02Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] (New England) Patriots won 18 games in a row, then failed to win the Superbowl, so their final record for the 2007/8 season was 18-1. [/QUOTE] Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-day/445901/17 "2008-04-22T08:50:01Z")
Does anyone here live in Concord or Lexington? My husband and I stayed at the Concord Inn three or four years ago. We had spent the day sightseeing and I was really feeling like my feet were bloody nubs. So when our last stop was at the bridge at Concord-Lexington, I begged off and said that I would just sit in the car while my husband went to take a look. In a few minutes, he came back and said, “You’ve really got to see this.” He was right. I don’t know what it was about that field, stonewall and bridge, but I have never seen a place more endowed with atmosphere. As I walked, I passed the place where some Englishman was buried in the wall. It was natural for me to think about his mother. There was the Minute Men statue and then the bridge. And all the time my mind was making up the sounds of battle. It was profoundly moving to walk where my own liberty had begun at the expense of others’ lives. It was a strange experience for a pacifist.