So if I told you that today was Patriot's Day in the states of Massachusetts and Maine, would you know what I was talking about? Lets have a quick history lesson; in 1775 the first battles of the Revolutionary War were the Battle of Lexington and Battle of Concord. The Reason Maine celebrates this is because during this time Maine was a part of Massachusetts, see you just learned two new things in one day. So what exactly goes on during this day, well at about 6:00 AM in Lexington, Massachusetts a reenactment if held and then again at about 9:00 AM at the Old North Bridge in Concord. Throughout the day a reenactor rides all through Boston calling out warnings just as Paul Revere did. Oh yeah and the Boston Marathon is held on this day every year along with the Boston Red Sox playing baseball at 11:05 AM. Besides this do we really know what sports does for this country. Is there anything better then sports that represent this country, I mean one of the few promises that "W" kept was putting a baseball field on the White House lawn; ok enough politics. Outside of the traditional playing of the National Anthem at every sporting event what else is done. Without sports this country would have been devastated after the events of 9/11 or during the numerous wars that we have been in. Baseball was developed during the Civil War so sports have always played a peace maker. If it were not for sports then what would we have, and if it were not for patriotism what would we have?
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