Two Hundred and Fifty-One Years Ago Today

Patriots Day. Marking April 19, 1775. When Americans took up arms against their king, and bled, at the crack of terrible dawn.

It's a holiday in Massachusetts and Maine, which was then part of Massachusetts. Should be a national holiday.

July 4 marks the day they published a… pic.twitter.com/K39h8fwSTZ

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) April 19, 2026