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History Matters: What is Patriots' Day? An anniversary to remember

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.

Published April 19, 2016 at 7:45 AM CDT

Patriots’ Day takes place on the third Monday of April to remember the first battles of the American Revolution. Commentator Gary Joiner delves into the battles fought in Concord and Lexington, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.

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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.

Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”

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