at every t-station for the rest our natural days. if we want to have armed guards in front of hotels and restaurants and nightclubs. we can probably be safe or at least safer. we re americans. we re bostonians. we re not going to put up with that for very long. powerful words, shelly. let s talk about the past a little bit. i grew up in boston and i remember how patriots day was always special. the schools and the businesses would close. the sox would play at 11:00. the marathon would go off. it was sort of a city wide party in a big city with a small town feel. explain to people who have not experienced that, how important patriots day is to the city. it is. it is in fact a weekend long block party. it starts on friday with the closures of dartmouth street just down the road from me. there are families coming into town just for the sports expo to see the other runners who come