Massachusetts


Entered State Hood


February 6, 1788

Capital


Boston

Famous People


Dr. Seuss Theodore Geisel author, illustrator
Edgar Allan Poe writer
Sharon Christa McAuliffe teacher, astronaut
Amy Lowell poet
E. E. Cummings poet
John Chapman / Johnny Appleseed nurseryman
Susan B. Anthony woman suffragist

President


John Adams
John F. Kennedy
George Bush
John Quincy Adams

State Bird


Chickadee

State Tree


American Elm

State Flower


Mayflower

State Nickname


Bay State

State Motto


By the sword we seek peace,
but peace only under liberty

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