Sunday, September 5, 2010

Massachusetts

Motto: "Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem" - Latin - "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty"

Nicknames: "The Bay State" - "The Baked Bean State" - "The Pilgrim State" - "The Puritan State"
Capital: Boston
Population: 6,433,422 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 13th in US State Population
Size: 190 miles long and 50 miles wide; covers 10,555 square miles - 44th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Chickadee
State Flower: Mayflower

This state was named after the Massachusetts Indians that lived in the Massachusetts Bay Region. Massachusetts means "large hill place."

Massachusetts became a state on February 6, 1788. It was the 6th state to be admitted to the Union.

People who live or come from Massachusetts are called "Bay Staters." This was made official by the legislature on December 18, 1990.

There are not any events available in Massachusetts at the current time.

Visit the official Massachusetts Tourism Site