Dunno, Stanron.
I'm middle-aged, and old age is not far away.

Let's see, what do I recall of the Washington Post article:

Boston cancelled its St. Patrick's Day Parade,
with business owners in South ("Southie") Boston observing
that 30% of their yearly business profits come from that observance.
New York has cancelled said parade,
also Savannah, Georgia,
and San Francisco.

So, as the OP disclosed,
the "Patriot's Day" holiday, in April,
will happen without the Boston Marathon,
postponed for the first time in 124 years;
instead the Marathon is scheduled, in 2020, for September.
Already I see social media mutterings about
how hot September is in Boston,
what is that going to do to the poor runners ...