1. The third Monday in April of each year is designated as "Patriots Day" in New Jersey for the purpose of recognizing and commemorating the day patriotic colonists fired the "shot heard around the world" and the start of the American Revolution.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 36:2-70
"Patriots Day", third Monday in April; designated
L.2001,J.R.6,s.1.
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