MASSACHUSETTS

State Nickname: The Bay State

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State Motto:  By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty

 

State Symbols:

State Bird: Chickadee

State Flower: Mayflower

State Tree:American Elm
State Animal: Morgan Horse

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State Name: Massachusetts takes its name from the Massachusetts tribe of Native Americans, who lived in the Great Blue Hill region,south of Boston. The Indian term, roughly translated as, "at or about the Great Hill".

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