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State Symbols
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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
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Massachusetts Symbols
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Massachusetts State Citizenry
Bay Staters
Adopted on December 18, 1990.
On December 18, 1990, the Legislature decided that the people of the
Commonwealth would be designated as Bay Staters.
Massachusetts Legislature
CHAPTER 2. ARMS, GREAT SEAL AND OTHER EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Section 35 Designation of citizens of
commonwealth
Section 35. Bay Staters shall be the official designation of citizens of
the commonwealth
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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