Massachusetts (U.S.)

Last modified: 2005-01-08 by rick wyatt
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by Mario Fabretto, 24 February 1998

• Legal Description
• Flag History
• Change of 1971
• Coat of Arms
• Commonwealth vs. State
• Governor's flag
• State Military Crest

See also:

• Municipal flags of Massachusetts
• Penobscot Indian Nation
• Naval Ensign
• Massachusetts Communities site with information on all 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts
• Map of Massachusetts counties and towns (pdf)
• NAVA 13 flag (held in Salem, MA)
• United States of America
• States of the United States

One of the original 13 colonies, Massachusetts is represented by a star and a stripe on the 13 star U.S. flags.

Legal Description

Massachusetts General Laws

Chapter 2: Section 1. Coat of arms of commonwealth. The coat of arms of the commonwealth shall consist of a blue shield with an Indian thereon, dressed in a shirt, leggings, and moccasins, holding in his right hand a bow, and in his left hand an arrow, point downward, all of gold; and, in the upper right-hand corner of the field a silver star o