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| The home at 83 Beals Street in Brookline where on Tuesday, May 29, 1917, at 3:00 p.m President John F. Kennedy was born. The home is now part of the John F. Kennedy National Historic Site. |
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| Website : www.mass.gov |
 Capital
: Boston |
 Highest
point : Mount
Greylock, 3,487 feet |
 Area : 10,555 square miles,
44th largest state. |
 Population : 6,349,097
(2000 census) |
 Motto
: Ense petit placidam sub libertate (By the sword we seek peace,
but peace only under liberty)
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 Admitted to
Union : February 6, 1788 |
 State
Song : "All Hail to
Massachusetts" |
 State Bird : Black-capped Chickadee
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 State Flower : Mayflower |
 State Tree : American Elm |
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