Patriots Day at the Herkimer Home State Historic Site

On May 24, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., the Little Falls Historical Society will be celebrating Patriots Day with an event at the Herkimer Home State Historic Site.

Patriots Day is celebrated each year in most of New England to commemorate the April 15, 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord which marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

The first Patriots Day was declared in 1894. In 1938 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts established the third Monday in April each year as Patriots Day and it has become a civic holiday. Lexington and Concord have battle re-enactments and the City of Boston swells with activity and celebration.

At the urging of the Little Falls Historical Society, the City of Little Falls established a local Patriots Day in 2010 to be celebrated each year on the third Saturday in May. This is in recognition of our ancestors’ contributions to America’s quest for independence.

Each year, the Little Falls Historical Society honors Patriots Day by hosting an event at a local historical site that played an important role in our colonial and Revolutionary War eras.