Evacuation Day

So, today is Evacuation Day. All schools have it off -- hence, less traffic and people on the road. It's awfully quiet out there today. It also happens to be St. Patrick's Day. Coincidence? I think not.

Thankfully, the MBTA treated it like any other business day, which it was for me. Not that I wouldn't rather spend it at home. According to Wikipedia, Evacuation Day was meant to be a Massachusetts holiday commemorating the evacuation of the area when the British troops arrived. Now, onwards to Patriot's Day, which coincidentally also happens to be the day of the Boston Marathon, which I do have off...