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[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 Most Americans have never heard of Patriots Day, and almost no one outside the U.S. knows it exists.

Yet it’s one of the most action-packed holidays in the country, and it holds a lot of significance.

Celebrated only in Massachusetts and Maine, it marks the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the opening shots of the American Revolution.

Every year, on the third Monday of April (today), Boston holds its marathon at dawn, the Red Sox play a morning home game at America’s oldest ballpark, and reenactors fire muskets at each other in the suburbs.

In 2013, two bombs were detonated near the finish line, killing 3 people and injuring hundreds more.

The following year, Boston came back with record crowds lining the route, the city's defiance becoming as much a part of the day's identity as the race itself.

The world's oldest annual marathon, a sold-out ballpark, a 250-year-old battle, and the stubborn refusal to be broken, all on the same morning, all in the same city.

[Boston Bruins @NHLBruins]

LET IT FLY 🇺🇸

[NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics]

For Johnny Gaudreau. ❤️

[Daily Faceoff @DailyFaceoff]

The best player on the ice 🇺🇸

📸: Amber Searls-Imagn Images

[Meth Bear @meth_bear]

Can't wait to let this hockey team dictate my mood for the next 6 months

[E @ejo_cali]

@FedEx absolutely the worst delivery service! Delivering my package to wrong address for it to be stolen! 🤬

[B/R Open Ice @BR_OpenIce]

Marchand holding up a sign saying “The Last Rat Standing” 🤣🐀

(via @nhl) https://t.co/MVoEgVVEIR

[🏆🏆-jen @jenpnthr]

Brad Marchand never change

[Spoked Z @SpokedZ]

WE HAVE COME FULL CIRCLE

[E @ejo_cali]

went to California
And I ain't never comin' back

[B/R Open Ice @BR_OpenIce]

Bradley Marchand is a two-time Stanley Cup champion 🐀 https://t.co/Cmx7YkW33N

[Boston Diehards @Boston_Diehards]

Mood

[E @ejo_cali]

Last week living in Massachusetts ✌🏻

[E @ejo_cali]

I NEED CAP MARCHY TO WIN THAT CUP! RAT KING #TimeToHunt #StanleyCup

[Jennnnie “The Soothsayer” Cochran* @j3nnyb00m]

the latest Herald 🤝🏼🤣

[DKelly 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @1Nicdar]

Happy 1st Day of Veterans month.

[Zack Peter @zackpeter]

I don’t know why he blocked me 😭 But I thought his tweet was hilarious 🤭

[E @ejo_cali]

SEEING POST MALONE TONIGHT! 😭🤤

[Mia @realmiaaa]

Oh man this hurts 😩 #TimeToHunt #LetsGoOilers

[Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell]

We all need to pray for DJ 🙏💙🙏 You’ve got this you man!! Praying for his family too 🙏