MASSACHUSETTS
MA
"BAKED BEAN/OLD COLONY/BAY/OLD BAY/PURITAN STATE"
'Ense Petit Pladidam Sub Libertate Quietem'
('By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace only Under Liberty')
CAPITAL: Boston
ADMITTED TO UNION: February 6, 1788 - 6th State
CITIZENRY: Bay Staters
FLOWER: Mayflower (Ground Laurel or Trailing Arbutus) (Epigaea regena)
TREE: American Elm (Ulmus Americana)
BIRD: Black-Capped Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus)
GEM: Rhodonite
MINERAL: Babingtonite
ROCK: Roxbury Puddingstone (Roxbury Conglomerate)
BUILDING ROCK AND MONUMENT STONE: Granite
DOG: Boston Terrier (Canis familiaris bostenensis)
HORSE: Morgan Horse (Equus cabullus morganensis)
CAT: Tabby Cat (Felis familiaris)
MARINE MAMMAL: Right Whale (Eubabalena Glacialis)
FISH: Cod (Gadus morrhua)
INSECT: Ladybug (Two-Spotted Lady Beetle) (Adalia bipunctata)
FOSSIL: Dinosaur Track (Theropod Dinosaur)
HEROINE: Deborah Samson
HERO: Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman)
BEVERAGE: Cranberry Juice
EXPLORER ROCK: Dighton Rock
HISTORICAL ROCK: Plymouth Rock
BEAN: Navy Bean
BERRY: Cranberry (vaccinium macrocarpon)
GAME BIRD: Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
MUFFIN: Corn Muffin
DESSERT: Boston Cream Pie
COOKIE: Chocolate Chip Cookie
SHELL: New England Neptune (Neptuna lyrata decemcostata)
SOIL: Paxton Soil Series
CIVIL WAR HERO: Sergeant William H. Carney
CEREMONIAL MARCH: "The Road to Boston"
FOLK SONG: Massachusetts"
FOLK DANCE: Square Dance
PATRIOTIC SONG: "Massachusetts (Because of You, Our Land is Free)"
POEM: "Blue HIlls of Massachusetts"
SONG: "All Hail to Massachusetts"
REGION: New England State
External Resources
1. Wikipedia on Massachusetts <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts>
2. Official State Portal <http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=mg2homepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=massgov2>
3. U.S. Census on Massachusetts <http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/25000.html>
4. Weather Underground for Massachusetts <http://www.wunderground.com/US/MA/>
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