The State Flag is white，bearing on both sides a representation of the coat of arms（except that the five－pointed star is white instead of silver）．In 1971，the flag was changed and only depicts the original front design and was adopted in its final form；before that，the obverse side depicted a pine tree（松树）．On a white field is a blue shield emblazoned（用纹章装饰，盛饰）with the image of a Native American，Massachusetts．He holds a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other．The arrow is pointing downward（向下的）representing peace．The white star represents Massachusetts as one of the original thirteen states．Around the shield is a blue ribbon（缎带，带）with the motto：“By the Sword We Seek Peace，but Peace Only Under Liberty”．Above the shield is a arm and sword，representing the first part of the motto．
State Song州歌
All Hail To Massachusetts
All hail to Massachusetts，the land of the free and the brave！
For Bunker Hill and Charlestown，and flag we love to wave；
For Lexington and Concord，and the shot heard ’round the world；
All hail to Massachusetts，we’ll keep her flag unfurled（展开）．
She stands upright for *******’s light that shines from sea to sea；
All hail to Massachusetts！
Our country ’tis of thee！
All hail to grand old Bay State，
the home of the bean and the cod，
Where pilgrims found a landing and gave their thanks to God．
A land of opportunity in the good old U．S．A．
Where men live long and prosper（繁荣），and people come to stay．
Don’t sell her short but learn to court her industry and stride；
All hail to grand old Bay State！The land of pilgrim’s pride！
All hail to Massachusetts，renowned in the Hall of Fame！
How proudly wave her banners emblazoned
（颂扬，盛饰）with her name！
In unity and brotherhood，sons and daughters go hand in hand；
All hail to Massachusetts，there is no finer（好的）land！
It’s M－A－S－S－A－C－H－U－S－E－T－T－S．
All hail to Massachusetts！All hail！All hail！All hail！
Facts and Trivia相关资料
1．552original documents pertaining（与……有关系的）to the Salem witch trials of 1692have been preserved and are still stored by the Peabody Essex Museum．
2．Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897．
3．Although over 30communities in the colonies eventually renamed（重新命名，改名）themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin．The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778．
4．Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents：John Adams，John Quincy Adams，John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush．
5．In Holyoke，William G．Morgan，created a new game called“Mintonette”in 1895．After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield（斯普林菲尔德，美国马萨诸塞州西南部城市，在康涅狄格边境的康涅狄格河岸。建于1636年，是一个重要的生产中心），the name“Mintonette”was replaced with the now familiar name“Volleyball．”
6．There is a house in Rockport built entirely of newspaper．
7．Hingham’s Derby Academy founded in 1784is the oldest co－educational school in the United States．Hingham’s First Parish Old Ship Church is the oldest church structure in the United States in continuous use as a place of worship（礼拜，尊敬）．
8．The Fig Newton was named after Newton，Massachusetts．
9．The visible portion of Plymouth Rock is a lumpy（多块状物的）fragment of glacial（冰状的）moraine（［地］冰碛）about the size of a coffee table，with the date 1620cut into its surface．After being broken，dragged about the town of Plymouth by ox teams used to inspire Revolution－aries，and reverently gouged（用圆凿子削除，挖出）and scraped by 19th－century souvenir（纪念品）hunters，it is now at rest near the head of Plymouth Harbor．
10．The Basketball Hall Of Fame is located in Springfield．
11．James Michael Curley was the first mayor of Boston to have an automobile．The plate number was“576”－the number of letters in“James Michael Curley”．The mayor of Boston’s official car still uses the same number on its plate．
12．The American industrial revolution began in Lowell．Lowell was America’s first planned industrial city．
13．On October 1，1998，“Say Hello To Someone From Massachusetts”by Lenny Gomulka，was approved as the official polka（波尔卡舞）of the Commonwealth．
14．1634：Boston Common became the first public park in America．
15．1891：The first basketball game was played in Springfield．
16．Massachusetts holds the two largest cites in New England，Boston，the largest，and Worcester．
