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Patriots' Grave in the Old Burying Ground cemetery, Arlington, Massachusetts Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) [1] is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in six U.S. states, commemorating the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, the inaugural battles of the American Revolutionary War.
side-wheel paddle-boat steamship S.S. Jane Moseley, built in 1873, renamed as Minerva 1911–1932 S.S. Minerva, (built 1873 as S.S. Jane Moseley), seen abandoned 63 years later in the boat basin off Shooters Island, Newark Bay, (), near North Shore of Staten Island, (New York City / New York state), (photo taken c. 1936)
The following observances have been mandated or authorized by Congress or the President, but are no longer proclaimed or observed on a regular basis. March 21 (1982–1988): Afghanistan Day [ 55 ] June 14 (1982–1992): Baltic Freedom Day
In the meantime, a message that men were shot in Boston by the British was carried through Connecticut to New York by September 5 and the next day to Philadelphia, where the First Continental Congress was held on September 6. [9] The Congress, with Joseph Palmer, planned for a network of couriers to transport messages throughout the colonies. A ...
An African American Union soldier of the American Civil War, seated, in a studio portrait, circa 1863. Credit - Getty Images. O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day ...
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Sunday declaring Feb. 9 as the inaugural “Gulf of America Day.”. While flying over the Gulf of Mexico on his way to the Super Bowl in New Orleans ...
A bill to make September 11 a national day of mourning was introduced in the U.S. House on October 25, 2001, by Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) with 22 co-sponsors. The result was the resolution to proclaim September 11, 2002, as the first Patriot Day. Original co-sponsors in the House were: [2]
In Mexico, that day is known as Día de Los Reyes and is celebrated on January 6. Just like Three Kings' Day, Día de Los Reyes is meant to honor the Three Wise Men or Magi who came to bring baby ...