Massachusetts State Facts

• State Flag:
• State Capital: Boston
• Largest City: Boston

• Abbreviation: MA
• Counties: Massachusetts Counties
• Towns & Cities: Towns and Cities in Massachusetts
• Constitution: 6th State
• NickName: The Bay State
• State Flower: Mayflower (Epigaea regens)
• State Tree: American Elm (Ulmus Americana)
• State Bird: Black-capped Chickadee
• State Song: "All Hail to Massachusetts"
• Land Area: 7,826 sq.mi.; 45 th
• Highest Point: Mt. Greylock; 3491 feet
• Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level
• Border States: New York (W), Vermont (N/NW), New Hampshire (N), Rhode Island (S)
  
• Gov Links: Massachusetts

MA Facts and Historic Events
1620 Pilgrims Settlement - Plymouth Colony
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party

Places of Interest
Paul Revers House
The Freedom Trail: Revolutionary War Sites walking tour
Battles of Lexington and Concord (first shots of the revolution)
1800 American Industrial Revolution began in Massachusetts.

Plymouth Plantation: Replica of the162 Pilgrim settlement in Plymouth.

Basketball Hall of Fame - Springfield, MA
(where the game of basketball was invented)

Rich Farmland, Ocean, Berkshire Mountain

MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard Institute
The Boston "Pops" orchestra
Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod