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Happy Patriots' Day, the original holiday of that name, commemorating the day of "the shot heard 'round the world" when the British lobsterbacks marched on Lexington and Concord in the gun grab that started it all.

See also J. L. Bell's excellent Web site covering this period at blogspot: Boston 1775

By the way, there will be a quiz:

1) Hancock and Adams missed out on their planned salmon dinner that day. What did Hancock eventually pay for the meal he did receive?

2) Capt. Isaac Davis made the famous statement "No, I am not and I haven't a man that is!" in response to what question?

3) What was special about Davis' Acton Minutemen?

4) How many eventually responded to the alarm that day? Which group traveled the most distance?

5) Who was Mother Batherick and what did she do that day?

6) Who was the "White Horseman?"

7) Why would some think AlGore was present in Lexington & Concord on April 16th of this year?

8) In which Massachusetts town was the fighting the fiercest that day? (Extra credit for its name both then and now).

And double extra credit if you can source all of the answers within the confines of FreeRepublic.com