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| The Buckman Tavern next to the Lexington Green, where the American revolution started with "the shot heard round the World". Minutemen waited at the tavern for the British Regualrs, "The Redcoats", before the battle. |
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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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