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Patriots’ Day: How far-right groups hijack history and patriotic symbols to advance their cause, according to an expert on extremism

  • Written by Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
Patriots’ Day: How far-right groups hijack history and patriotic symbols to advance their cause, according to an expert on extremismAnti-government protestors use the American flag to draw attention to their cause at a protest on Aug. 8, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio.Paul Becker/Becker 1999 via Flickr, CC BY

Patriots’ Day, a commemoration of the battles of Lexington and Concord – the first confrontations of the American Revolution – holds historical value as a...

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