massachusetts

     

(Latin: By the swor she seeks peace under liberty)

Trivia about massachusetts

  • It was the only state in the 1790 census to claim a slave population of zero
  • 4 U.S. presidents serving in 3 different centuries have been born in the same county in this state
  • The first two presidents not born in Virginia were born in what is now this state
  • Depictions of Pilgrim hats are featured on the signs for this Bay State's turnpike
  • On June 17 Suffolk County in this state celebrates Bunker Hill Day
  • Its state dog is the Boston Terrier
  • Hey, it's the "Bay State"
  • This union state's 6th regiment was nicknamed the Minutemen; its 20th was the Harvard regiment
  • Horace Mann began his career as "The Father of American Public Education" in the 1830s in this "Bay State"
  • June 17 is Bunker Hill Day in this state's Suffolk County
  • Founded in 1847, the Quincy Grammar School in this state was the USA's 1st graded elem. school
  • The Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams College in this state's Berkshire Hills has a 1787 copy of the Constitution
  • Since 1987 Joseph P. Kennedy II has represented this state in the U.S. House
  • Bays in this state include Hingham, Dorchester & Quincy
  • In the 1950s Paul Revere's ride was depicted on signs for this state's I-90 turnpike
  • Joseph P. Kennedy II represents this state's 8th district in the U.S. House
  • Edward Kennedy,John Kerry
  • John Kerry & Edward Kennedy
  • John Hancock
  • Bay Staters
  • "All Hail To" this state (no beans about it)
  • Worcester in this state declared itself birthplace of the yellow smiley face; Harvey Ball drew it there in 1963
  • 2 of this state's largest lakes are Quabbin Reservoir & Wachusett Reservoir near Worcester
  • Gloucester in this state has been a fishing center for over 3 centuries
  • Roger Williams founded R.I. after he was banished from this colony for his religious beliefs
  • "Inappropriate" is a hit teen musical created at the DeSisto School in Stockbridge in this New England state
  • Maine split from this state in 1819 in protest of high taxes, poor roads & the distance to the capital
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson spent much of his life in this New England state where he was born
  • Calvin Coolidge,Michael Dukakis
  • After Maryland
  • John Quincy Adams
  • Barney Frank reps this state's 4th, which includes Newton, Taunton & part of Fall River
  • John Quincy Adams after the presidency
  • Shays' Rebellion in this state in 1786-87 included an attack on the Springfield armory
  • The Old North Church, a beacon to worshippers since 1723, is in this state
  • Until around 1680, New Hampshire was officially a part of this colony
  • "Home to hundreds of prestigious colleges... (it) is where the nation's best and brightest can't afford to go"
  • The war began during Thomas Gage's tenure as the last British governor of this colony
  • All of Connecticut's almost 100-mile northern border is with this state
  • "Mary" is said to be Mary Sawyer from either Sterling or Sudbury in this state
  • Its name comes from a Native American word meaning "near the great hill"
  • Martha's Vineyard
  • Middlesex,Essex,Worcester
  • To start off, you're getting an aerial view of this state
  • This state's Cape Ann is the site of such resorts as Gloucester & Essex
  • Barney Frank,Edward Markey
  • This state's Middlesex County is its largest with a population of over 1.3 million
  • The third longest-serving senator in history, Kennedy represented this state for 47 years
  • Born in Quincy & educated in Braintree, Bill Delahunt has repped this state since 1997
  • Michael Dukakis, 1983-1991
  • John Hancock &Samuel Adams
  • Rochester in Plymouth County in this state is home to Witch Rock where witches were said to rise skyward
  • This Atlantic seaboard state is home to the popular resort area of Buzzards Bay
  • Berklee College of Music & Amherst College
  • The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state
  • The easternmost part of Rhode Island can't be reached by land without going through this state
  • If you're crazy about quilts, you'll enjoy the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell in this state
  • In 1967 the Bee Gees sang, "The lights all went out in" this state "the day I left her standing on her own"
  • The Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival is an annual event in this New England state
  • With the French & Indian War, some New Hampshire towns considered a re-annexation to this colony in March 1690
  • Myles Standish State Park
  • Let us be Barney Frank--the Harvard grad heads home to this state, where he also spent 8 years in its House
  • The reverse of this state's quarter released in 2000 depicts the Minuteman statue & an outline of the state
  • In the 1760s, 80,000 pairs of shoes per year were manufactured in the town of Lynn in this colony
  • This tribe's name was first on a bay, then a colony, then a state (which put 2 Ts in it)
  • This state's 54th, whose heroics are seen in the movie "Glory", was one of the first black regiments from the North
  • We're sure the Berkshires are a chain of hills centered in the western part of this state
  • It's not odd that its state fish is the cod
  • One of the original 13, it's the only state whose name ends in 3 consonants
  • In 1793 the 1st U.S. ship canal was built near Springfield, in this state
  • On or about April 19, Maine & this other New England state celebrate Patriot's Day
  • Esther Forbes lived most of her life in this state & set her novel "Johnny Tremain" there
  • In 1953 Worcester County saw one of the worst tornadoes in the history of this New England state
  • Cedar Junction & Framingham are wicked excellent prisons for the wicked
  • Emerson,Holy Cross,Amherst
  • Cozy Sharon in this northeast state's Norfolk County is teeming with history: a church there has a Paul Revere bell
  • Representing this state in Congress, like Niki Tsongas & Barney Frank, would be a dream come true
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  • You can visit the mansion of shipping magnate Jeremiah Lee in Marblehead in this state
  • In 1820 Maine separated from this state to become the USA's 23rd state
  • In office from 2003:Mitt Romney
  • On Aug. 2, 1975 it was wicked hot in New Bedford in this state--1070! I nearly keeled ovah in the yahd!
  • Only state carried by George McGovern in '72 election
  • In 2006 Deval Patrick was elected this state's first African-American governor
  • Only state that fits the category
  • Baked navy beans,chocolate chip cookies,cranberry juice
  • We've left Lawrence, Kansas for Lawrence in this state, Leonard Bernstein's birthplace
  • The northern part of the city of Worcester
  • After 1936 Serge Koussevitzky conducted the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in this state
  • "The Spirit of America"
  • In 1993 this state university decided to retain its mascot, the Minuteman
  • A 2003 judgment said keeping 2 women from marrying each other violated this state's constitution
  • South Hadley Landfill
  • Yum! Chocolate manufacturing in the American colonies began in 1765 in what is now this state, in Dorchester
  • In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election
  • Worcester County is home to this state's town of Oxford, incorporated 1713
  • On May 17, 2004 this eastern state became the first to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
  • The north part of the city of Worcester, once a center of abolitionism
  • I'll "use" a map to drive to this state
  • Peter Faneuil
  • Suffolk University,Brandeis University
  • Fall River Heritage State Park
  • TD Banknorth Garden,Paul E. Tsongas Arena
  • Although it was a separate colony, New Hampshire shared a governor with this colony from 1669 to 1741

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