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Massachusetts is the 7th smallest state in the United States with an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km 2 ). [1] It is bordered to the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, to the west by New York, to the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine. Massachusetts is the most populous New ...
Chapter 162 of the Acts of 1997: An Act Designating the Song "The Great State of Massachusetts" as the State Glee Club Song ^ Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2003: An Act Designating the Bay State Tartan as the Official Tartan of the Commonwealth ^ Chapter 407 of the Acts of 2004: An Act Designating the Official Colors of the Commonwealth
Some U.S. states have more than one official state song, and may refer to some of their official songs by other names; for example, Arkansas officially has two state songs, plus a state anthem and a state historical song. Tennessee has the most state songs, with 12 official state songs and an official bicentennial rap.
Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, [ note 1] it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. Massachusetts was a site of early English colonization.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Massachusetts – U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at ...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A state coat of arms on a white field. State flag in the form of a pennant. A green tree on a white field. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been represented by official but limited-purpose flags since 1676, though until 1908 it had no state flag per se to represent its government.
The Boston Globe. August 17, 1954. p. 24. A patriotic melody which the composer, Arthur J. Marsh of Wellesley, hopes will be considered for this state's official song, was sung Sunday by Jack Leu Jr., of Natick, at the Nantasket Beach bandstand. It was the first time the tune "All Hail to Massachusetts," had been sung in public.
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, ( Nantucket County) consolidated city-county ...