So how exactly do you celebrate Patriot's Day? Apparently reenactments are HUGE around here. When I heard that my first thought was "NERDS!!!!" and I envisioned in my mind that it was something akin to a Trekkie convention with people decked out in full Spock regalia. My curiosity was definitely piqued. I was dying to see 21st century men wearing three-cornered hats and powdered wigs.
The "official" reenactment of the Battle of Lexington and Concord takes place on Patriot's Day at like 5:30 am. We decided it would be a bad idea to try and go see that (even though Thomas is usually waking up around then). As luck would have it, there was a dress rehearsal the week before. We made it to the battle green just in time for the festivities.
Thomas had a quick snack before things got underway:
This colonist appears to be playing "duck, duck, goose", but he was actually in charge of crowd control:
Sportin' all his nerd gear - minus the powdered wig (and pointy Spock ears)
Two minutemen discuss battle strategy while the angry mob crowd looks on.
THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!!
Kenta was brave enough to catch some footage of the battle:
I'm still not sure why so many colonist fell down. I only heard one gunshot. Maybe they were playing dead?
So that, in a nutshell, is Patriot's Day. Perhaps your state has a special holiday of its own as well: 89er Day (Oklahoma), Pioneer Day (Utah), Secession Day (South Carolina), Texas Independence Day (Texas) 4/20 Day (Boulder, CO). There are probably others, but I don't know what they are, so sorry if I left you out.
Anyway. Happy belated Patriot's Day from us to you!
5 comments:
Okay- you left out the TX/OU holiday! I won't be missing that one.
I am relieved to know that your Patriot Day was NOT 9/11. Much, much cooler!
I don't know about Texas Independence Day (Texas)4/20 but Fiesta is a 10-day San Antonio holiday (not Texas, just San Antonio) that culminates in Battle of Flowers on 4/23 to commemorate all the heroes that died at the Alamo. It's all just an excuse to drink really. Not nearly as grand as what you have described. (I think San Jacinto Day is a state holiday in April too -- same thing, though, Texas beat Santa Ana at San Jacinto a few months after they'd been defeated at the Alamo.)
All I can say is COOL!!!!
When I first moved to Texas I heard people talking about "Juneteenth" and I thought they were making it up. But it is a real Texas holiday!
Awesome! I didn't know they had a dress rehearsal! We heard it was at 5:30 and we were like, "um yeah, not gonna happen!" Next year we'll try to catch the one you went to. Way to get into your New England heritage! You are practically a native now!
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