Travel Day -> Massachusetts

 Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. 

Abbreviation: MA

Capital: Boston

Temperature: 49 degrees, rain showers

Time: 2:00 (same time zone) 

Nickname: Bay State

Massachusetts' nickname, the “Bay State,” refers to one of the state's most famous bays, Cape Cod, where the Pilgrims first settled. It also honors the royal charter that was given to the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629 to promote and encourage settlement to the land.

Population: 6.985 million (PA 12.8)

Size: 10,565 sq mi (PA 46,000)

Cost of living:  $65,728 (PA $49,040)

The cost of living in Massachusetts is incredibly high—and getting higher all the time, thanks to a competitive housing market. Massachusetts, the fourth-highest cost of living in the entire country after Hawaii, New York, and California. The average Massachusetts home value is $590,852

A new report from SmartAsset says a single person in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area has to pull in a salary of almost $80,000 a year to "live comfortably." 

Minimum wage: $14.25

Statehood: February 6, 1788

State Flag: 

The flag displays the state coat of arms on a white field. The shield is meant to depict an Algonquian Native American with bow and arrow; the arrow is pointed downward, signifying peace.  A white star with five points appears next to the figure's head, signifying Massachusetts as a U.S. state. A blue ribbon surrounds the shield, bearing the state motto Ense Petit Placidam, Sub Libertate Quietem ("By the Sword We Seek Peace, But Peace Only Under Liberty").

Above the shield is the state military crest: the bent arm holding a broadsword aloft. The sword has its blade up, to remind that it was through the American Revolution that liberty was won. The sword itself is a copy of one belonging to Myles Standish and signifies the philosophy that one would rather lose their right arm than live under tyranny.




State Bird(s):

Black-capped Chickadee


Wild Turkey


State Flower:

May Flower

State Tree:

American Elm

State Quarter:



The quarter shows the figure of a minuteman soldier of the American Revolution against an outline of the state.

Boston Accent with Matt Damon



Great Blue Hill

Buzzards Bay


Cape Cod Bay

Massachusetts Bay

Ipswitch Bay

Massachusetts License Plate

Cod fish

Right Whale

Tabby Cat

Seven Spotted Lady Bug

Boston Cream Pie

Boston Cream Pie Donut

Quabbin Reservoir State Park

National Monument to the Forefathers

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Fairbanks House (built in 1637)

Old Ship Church (built in 1681)

Cole's Hill

Wright's Tavern


The House of Seven Gables

Harvard University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Boston Common

Boston Light




Mount Greylock


Guess the logo!?
Facebook


General Electric














Salem Witch Trials



Guess Who!?

Kurt Russell

Matt Damon

Mark Wahlberg

Matt LeBlanc

Matthew Perry

Conan O'Brien

Gina Davis

Fred Allen

George H W Bush


John Quincy Adams

John Adams

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

















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