| Movie Review | The Journal of American History, 91.3

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Patriots Day. Prod. by Marian Marzynski. Marz Productions, 2004. 56 mins. (PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698; 800-344-3337; <shop@pbs.org>; <http://shop.pbs.org/education/> [Sept. 13, 2004])
Each year on the Massachusetts holiday known as Patriots' Day, costumed men reenact the armed confrontation of April 1775 between British regulars and Massachusetts militiamen on Lexington Green. The director, Marian Marzynski, followed the reenactors over the course of a year as they devoted much of their spare time to preparations for the annual event. With no narration, the film allows the reenactors to speak to the camera and shows them as they participate in their meetings and workshops. Viewers see the reenactors involved in the practical tasks of making uniforms and conducting drills, but the focus of the film is on personal motivation and the meaning of the experience for those who take the roles of the Lexington Minutemen or the British army regulars.	1
"We are a men's organization, a club ... we enjoy each other's company as much as anything," one reenactor explains, and various comments suggest that community and friendship are the principal attractions of what in the film look like two fraternal organizations. Women and children appear in period costume at the April reenactment, but if they are part of the formal organizations, it is not clear in the film.	. . .

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