Patriot

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Template:Wiktionarypar Patriot or Patriots may refer to patriotism, as well as one of several other things.

Contents 1 Groups 2 Military 3 Newspapers 4 Observances 5 Places 6 Sports teams 7 Other

Groups

• Patriot (American Revolution), one who supported the American cause in the American Revolutionary War.

• Patriots (faction), the group opposed to the Orangists in the United Provinces in the 17th century.

• The Patriots, a secret society in the Metal Gear video game series

• Les Patriotes, those who supported independence for what is now Québec, Canada, during the Lower Canada Rebellion; the party supporting responsible government for Lower Canada was known as the Parti Patriote.

• Christian Patriot movement in the United States.

• several political parties called the Patriot Party or Patriotic Party

• Patriot Scientific corporation ( http://PatriotScientific.com ) develops microprocessors.

Military

• Patriot War of 1837–1838, a campaign in the eastern Michigan area of the United States and the Windsor, Ontario area of Canada.

• MIM-104 Patriot, a missile system.

• USS Patriot, a U.S. Navy ship.

Newspapers

• California Patriot, a conservative student magazine of the University of California, Berkeley.

• The Lebanon Patriot, a now-defunct American newspaper published weekly at Lebanon, Ohio.

Observances

• Patriot Day, a U.S. day of remembrance for those killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

• Patriot's Day (sometimes spelled "Patriots' Day" or without the apostrophe) is a holiday in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Maine, and Wisconsin.

Places

• Patriot, Indiana, a town in the U.S.

• Patriot Stadium, a soccer stadium in El Paso, Texas,

Sports teams

• New England Patriots, an American football team of the National Football League, based in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

• George Mason University, the name given to the athletics teams from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

• El Paso Patriots, a soccer team of the USL Premier Development League, based in El Paso, Texas.

• Fayetteville Patriots, a basketball team of the National Basketball Development League team, based in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

• Ozark Patriots, a baseball team based in Ozark, Alabama.

• Somerset Patriots, a minor league baseball team based in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

• Millard South Patriots[1] A high school In western Omaha, Nebraska

Other

• LMS Patriot Class, a class of express passenger steam locomotive.

• USA PATRIOT Act, an act of federal legislation in the United States.

• Patriot (comics), two separate fictional comic book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe.

• Patriot Roller Coaster is the roller coaster in Worlds of Fun.

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