The third Monday in April marks Maine’s observance of Patriot’s Day, with this year marking the state’s 12oth celebration of the holiday.Maine started celebrating Patriot’s Day in 1907, 13 years after Massachusetts began its own recognition of the holiday.Both states differ subtly in how they name the holiday, with Maine celebrating Patriot’s Day while Massachusetts marks Patriots’ Day. A bill in 2014 in Maine to change the location of the apostrophe failed to advance.The holiday commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, which were two of the earliest battles in the American Revolutionary War and famously marked the start of the conflict with the “shot heard round the world.” State, county and municipal offices are closed on Patriot’s Day, but it is not a federal holiday so federal offices and the Post Office remain open. Many banks, retail stores, and restaurants are also keeping their doors open.
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The third Monday in April marks Maine’s observance of Patriot’s Day, with this year marking the state’s 12oth celebration of the holiday.
Maine started celebrating Patriot’s Day in 1907, 13 years after Massachusetts began its own recognition of the holiday.
Both states differ subtly in how they name the holiday, with Maine celebrating Patriot’s Day while Massachusetts marks Patriots’ Day. A bill in 2014 in Maine to change the location of the apostrophe failed to advance.
The holiday commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, which were two of the earliest battles in the American Revolutionary War and famously marked the start of the conflict with the “shot heard round the world.”
State, county and municipal offices are closed on Patriot’s Day, but it is not a federal holiday so federal offices and the Post Office remain open. Many banks, retail stores, and restaurants are also keeping their doors open.
