Patriots Day, April 19th
Minutemen march across Old North Bridge in Concord MA on Patriots Day.
April 19th: the most important day of the year in Concord, Massachusetts. Events in Concord include a parade with lots of fife-and-drum bands and groups of Minutemen from surrounding towns and as far away as Michigan. The battle at the North Bridge is reenacted.
About Patriots Day
On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the battles at Lexington and Concord between British Regulr troops—“Redcoats”—and colonial Minutemen and militias.
Patriots Day, the Monday nearest April 19th, is a public holiday in Massachusetts and Maine. All Massachusetts state, county and town government offices, libraries, and some local businesses close, though federal government offices, post offices, offices of large interstate and international companies, and most shops remain open.
The parade is followed by a re-enactment of the battle at Old North Bridge, commemorative ceremonies, and the repeated firing of brass cannons by the Concord Independent Battery.