Patriots' Day
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Patriots' Day is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in eight U.S. states, commemorating the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, the inaugural battles o
Statue of the Lexington Minuteman on the Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts
Patriots' Grave in the Old Burying Ground cemetery, Arlington, Massachusetts
Acton Minutemen and citizens marching from Acton to Concord on Patriots' Day 2012
Lexington Minute Men lead Lexington's parade
Boston Marathon bombing
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The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as simply the Boston bombing, was an Islamist domestic terrorist attack that took place during the 117th annual Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Fo
Patriots' Day
…1967, 1984, and 2018. It was canceled in 1995 due to the baseball strike, and again in 2020 due to COVID-19. The game was played in 2013 despite the Boston Marathon bombing because it had finished before the bombs went off. From 1968 to 2006 the games started early, in the morning, around 11:00 am. The early start to these…
Moments after the first explosion
Emergency services at work after the bombing
Edward F. Davis gives a news conference on April 15. Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is second from right and Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley is at far left.
April 16 meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in which officials briefed President Barack Obama on the investigation