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Massachusetts (/ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts/ ^ⓘ MASS-ə-CHOO-sits, /-zɪts/ -⁠zits; Massachusett: Muhsachuweesut [məhswatʃəwiːsət]), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area; with over seven million residents, 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. The state's capital and most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial center, is Boston. Other major cities are Worcester, Springfield and Cambridge. Massachusetts is also home to the urban core of Greater Boston, the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American history, academia, and the research economy. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing, and trade, Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution. During the 20th century, the state's economy shifted from manufacturing to services, and in the 21st century, Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade.

Massachusetts has played a powerful scientific, commercial, and cultural role in U.S. history. Before the American Civil War, the state was a center for the abolitionist, temperance, and transcendentalist movements. In the late 19th century, the sports of basketball and volleyball were invented in the western Massachusetts cities of Springfield and Holyoke, respectively. Massachusetts has a reputation for social and political progressivism; becoming the only U.S. state with a right to shelter law, and the first U.S. state, and one of the earliest jurisdictions in the world, to legally recognize same-sex marriage. Boston is considered a hub of LGBT culture and activism in the United States. Prominent American political dynasties have hailed from the state, including the Adams and Kennedy families. (Full article...)

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Boston Daily Globe obituary

Sylvester Howard Roper (November 24, 1823 – June 1, 1896) was an American inventor and a pioneering builder of early automobiles and motorcycles from Boston, Massachusetts. In 1863 he built a steam carriage, one of the earliest automobiles. The Roper steam velocipede of 1867–1869 may have been the first motorcycle, for which he was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2002. He is also the inventor of the shotgun choke and a revolver repeating shotgun. (Full article...)
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Skyline of Boston's Back Bay

Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England, is home to 555 completed high-rises, 37 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). The majority of the city's skyscrapers and high-rises are clustered in the Financial District and Back Bay neighborhoods. The tallest structure in Boston is the 60-story 200 Clarendon, better known to locals as the John Hancock Tower, which rises 790 feet (241 m) in the Back Bay district. It is also the tallest building in New England and the 80th-tallest building in the United States. The second-tallest building in Boston is the Prudential Tower, which rises 52 floors and 749 feet (228 m). At the time of the Prudential Tower's completion in 1964, it stood as the tallest building in North America outside of New York City.

Boston's history of skyscrapers began with the completion in 1893 of the 13-story Ames Building, which is considered the city's first high-rise. Boston went through a major building boom in the 1960s and 1970s, resulting in the construction of over 20 skyscrapers, including 200 Clarendon and the Prudential Tower. The city is the site of 25 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height, more than any other city in New England. , the skyline of Boston is ranked 10th in the United States and 79th in the world with 57 buildings rising at least 330 feet (100 m) in height. (Full article...)
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William Stacy (February 15, 1734 – August 1802) was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country. Published histories describe Colonel William Stacy's involvement in a variety of events during the war, such as rallying the militia on a village common in Massachusetts, participating in the Siege of Boston, being captured by Loyalists and American Indians at the Cherry Valley massacre, narrowly escaping a death by burning at the stake, General George Washington's efforts to obtain Stacy's release from captivity, and Washington's gift of a gold snuff box to Stacy at the end of the war.

During Col. William Stacy's post-war life, he was a pioneer, helping to establish Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. He was active in the Marietta pioneer community, and served as foreman of the first Grand Jury in the Northwest Territory, an event establishing the rule of law in the territory. At the age of 56, he ice skated thirty miles up a frozen river, warning two of his sons of a possible Indian attack, which occurred several days later as the Big Bottom massacre and marked the beginning of the Northwest Indian War. (Full article...)
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Whitaker in his later years

George Whitaker (May 14, 1836 – November 1, 1917) was an American minister and university president in Texas and Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he served as the president of Wiley College in Texas, along with Willamette University and Portland University in Oregon. A Methodist trained preacher and graduate of Wesleyan University, he also worked as a pastor across the country in the late 19th century, primarily in New England. (Full article...)
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Keleher c. 1951

William Lane Keleher (January 27, 1906 – October 27, 1975) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was the president of Boston College from 1945 to 1951. During his tenure, the school oversaw rapid and significant growth in the number of students returning from World War II under the G.I. Bill. In the span of five years, enrollment increased from 236 to 7,526 students.

To accommodate this growth, Keleher oversaw construction of three permanent buildings, including Fulton Hall, for the School of Management, and Lyons Hall. He also relocated several military structures onto the campus for use as student housing. While meant to be temporary, the structures remained for 20 years. In 1946, Boston College's School of Nursing was established, and in 1948, the college's ROTC program was created. (Full article...)
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The Massachusetts Gazette
December 24, 1767 issue

The Massachusetts Gazette was a colonial American newspaper established by Richard Draper, printer for the royal governor and council in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. As the American Revolution drew closer, it was commissioned by the colonial government to lend its support for the measures of the British ministry. It was one of the few Loyalist newspapers operating during the years leading up to the revolution. (Full article...)
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Colonel Francis Brinley (c. 1690 – November 27, 1765) was an English-born landowner, philanthropist and military officer best known for being the subject of a John Smibert portrait now owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Brinley, though he was born and died in England, spent most of his life in the Province of Massachusetts Bay as a prosperous landholder who became involved with several colonization projects throughout the region.

Born in 1690 in London to American colonists who had moved back to England, Brinley spent the first two decades of his life in Europe before moving back to North America in order to inherit the estate of his grandfather in Massachusetts. In 1719, his grandfather died and left his estate to Brinley, who settled down in Massachusetts and constructed a large colonial mansion for himself known as Datchet House in the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury. (Full article...)
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Rockstar New England, Inc. (formerly Mad Doc Software, LLC) is an American video game developer and a studio of Rockstar Games based in Andover, Massachusetts. Ian Lane Davis founded the company as Mad Doc Software in November 1999 after working as technical director for Activision. The studio worked with Activision on Star Trek: Armada before leading the development of its sequel, Star Trek: Armada II. From 2002 on, Mad Doc was the principal developer of the Empire Earth series, developing two games and two expansions. While the successful Empire Earth II landed the company publishing contracts with Rockstar Games and Bethesda Softworks, Empire Earth III was a critical and commercial failure and led to an end for the series. Mad Doc developed Star Trek: Legacy for Bethesda Softworks and Bully: Scholarship Edition for Rockstar Games. After the latter was released in March 2008, Rockstar Games's parent company, Take-Two Interactive, bought Mad Doc and made it part of Rockstar Games as Rockstar New England. Under Rockstar Games, the studio worked on a sequel to Bully until its developers were reallocated to projects like Max Payne 3. (Full article...)

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Bay State Raceway, later known as New England Harness Raceway, Foxboro Raceway, and Foxboro Park was a harness racing track located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States that operated from 1947 until 1997. It stood next to Foxboro Stadium and the site of Gillette Stadium. Track owner E. M. Loew gave the land for Foxboro Stadium to New England Patriots owner Billy Sullivan in order to keep the team in New England. (Full article...)
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Nathaniel Merrill (February 8, 1927 – September 9, 2008) was a celebrated American stage director and opera director. He was the resident stage director at the Metropolitan Opera from 1956-1985. During his 28 seasons at the Met he staged a total of 14 new productions in addition to directing several revivals. He also served as the Artistic Director of Central City Opera from 1959-1966. In 1981 he and his wife, conductor Louise Sherman, founded Opera Colorado. Merrill served as the company's artistic director and stage director and his wife worked as the company's musical director. Upon his wife's death from cancer in 1998, Merrill retired and thereafter lived in Denver until his death of complications related to Alzheimer's disease a decade later. (Full article...)
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Portrait created in 1886 by Frederic Porter Vinton based on an earlier painting

William Dummer (bapt. September 29, 1677 (O.S.) [= October 10, 1677 (N.S.)] – October 10, 1761) was a politician in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He served as its lieutenant governor for fourteen years (1716–1730), including an extended period from 1723 to 1728 when he acted as governor. He is remembered for his role in leading the colony during what is sometimes called Dummer's War, which was fought between the British colonies of northeastern North America and a loose coalition of native tribes in what is now New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

Dummer was born into a wealthy Massachusetts merchant family, traveling to England as a young man to participate in the business. Upon his return to Massachusetts in 1712 he entered provincial politics, gaining a royal commission as lieutenant governor through the efforts of his brother Jeremiah. He served during the turbulent tenure of Governor Samuel Shute, in which Shute quarreled with the assembly over many matters. Shute left the province quite abruptly at the end of 1722, while it was in the middle of a war with the natives of northern New England. (Full article...)
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Gannon c. 1903

William F. Gannon (March 31, 1859 – October 30, 1916) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was the president of Boston College from 1903 to 1907. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1876 and studied at Woodstock College. He then taught at Jesuit schools, including the College of the Holy Cross, Saint Peter's College, Fordham University, and Georgetown University, before becoming president of Boston College. After his presidency, he engaged in pastoral work in New York City and Philadelphia. (Full article...)
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Jerry O. Relph (September 4, 1944 – December 18, 2020) was an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A Republican, he represented District 14 in central Minnesota from 2017 until his death from COVID-19 complications in 2020. Prior to his death, he attended a superspreader event, along with several other Minnesota Republicans, where attendees did not comply with public health recommendations, such as wearing protective face masks. (Full article...)
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Mary Agnes Hallaren (May 4, 1907 – February 13, 2005) was an American soldier and the third director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) at the time that it became a part of the United States Army. As the director of the WAC, she was the first woman to officially join the U.S. Army. (Full article...)
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James Anthony Redden Jr. (March 13, 1929 – March 31, 2020) was an American judge and politician from Oregon. He was a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, from 1995 to 2020, and, before that, had served as a federal judge since 1980. Before his appointment to the bench, he was a trial attorney, and a career Democratic politician, serving as a legislator and in two of the state's constitutional offices, as Treasurer and Attorney General. (Full article...)
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Jackson Livingston "Jack" Cannell (May 30, 1896 – March 21, 1965) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Dartmouth for seven non-consecutive years, from 1921 to 1922 and 1929 to 1933. His Dartmouth teams amassed a 39–19–4 record. (Full article...)

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The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1912 to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. The "Red Sox" name originates from the iconic uniform feature. They are sometimes nicknamed the "BoSox", a combination of "Boston" and "Sox" (as opposed to the "ChiSox"), the "Crimson Hose", and "the Olde Towne Team". Most fans simply refer to them as the Sox.

One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Boston in 1901. They were a dominant team in the early 20th century, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903. They won four more championships by 1918, and then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history. Many attributed the phenomenon to the "Curse of the Bambino" said to have been caused by the trade of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920. The drought was ended and the "curse" reversed in 2004, when the team won their sixth World Series championship. Championships in 2007 and 2013 followed. Every home game from May 15, 2003, through April 10, 2013, was sold out—a span of 820 games over nearly ten years. The team most recently won the World Series in 2018, the ninth championship in franchise history. (Full article...)
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From left to right: Robbie Merrill, Sully Erna, Criss Angel (not a band member), Shannon Larkin, Tony Rombola

Godsmack is an American rock band founded in 1995 by singer Sully Erna and bassist Robbie Merrill. The band has released eight studio albums, one EP, two compilations, three video albums, and thirty-four singles. Erna and Merrill recruited local friend and guitarist Lee Richards and drummer Tommy Stewart to complete the band's lineup. In 1996, Tony Rombola replaced Richards, as the band's guitarist. In 1998, Godsmack released their self-titled debut album, a remastered version of the band's self-released debut, All Wound Up.... The album was distributed by Universal/Republic Records and shipped four million copies in the United States. In 2001, the band contributed the track "Why" to the Any Given Sunday soundtrack. After two years of touring, the band released Awake. Although the album was a commercial success, it failed to match the sales of Godsmack. In 2002, Stewart left the band due to personal differences, and was replaced by Shannon Larkin.

The band's third album, Faceless (2003), debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. In 2004, Godsmack released an acoustic-based EP titled The Other Side. The EP debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA. The band contributed the track "Bring It On" to the Madden 2006 football game in 2005; this track is not featured on any known album or compilation. The band released its fourth studio album, IV, in 2006. IV was the band's second release to debut at number one, and has since been certified platinum. After touring in support of IV for over a year, Godsmack released a greatest hits album called Good Times, Bad Times... Ten Years of Godsmack. The album included every Godsmack single (with the exception of "Bad Magick"), a cover of the Led Zeppelin song "Good Times Bad Times" and a DVD of the band's acoustic performance at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Full article...)
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Map depicting lines of charters and grants for Massachusetts-related colonies and provinces

The territory of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the fifty United States, was settled in the 17th century by several different English colonies. The territories claimed or administered by these colonies encompassed a much larger area than that of the modern state, and at times included areas that are now within the jurisdiction of other New England states or of the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Some colonial land claims extended all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

The first permanent settlement was the Plymouth Colony (1620), and the second major settlement was the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Salem in 1629. Settlements that failed or were merged into other colonies included the failed Popham Colony (1607) on the coast of Maine, and the Wessagusset Colony (1622–23) in Weymouth, Massachusetts, whose remnants were folded into the Plymouth Colony. The Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies coexisted until 1686, each electing its own governor annually. Governance of both colonies was dominated by a relatively small group of magistrates, some of whom governed for many years. The Dominion of New England was established in 1686 which covered the territory of those colonies, as well as that of New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. In 1688, it was further extended to include New York and East and West Jersey. The Dominion was extremely unpopular in the colonies, and it was disbanded when its royally appointed governor Sir Edmund Andros was arrested and sent back to England in the wake of the 1688 Glorious Revolution. (Full article...)
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The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Wyc Grousbeck with Brad Stevens as the general manager. Founded in 1946, their 17 NBA championships are the tied for the most for any NBA franchise along with their long time rivals Los Angeles Lakers, and their eight consecutive NBA championships from 1959 to 1966 represent the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada to date. They play their home games in the TD Garden.

There have been 18 head coaches for the Boston Celtics franchise. The Celtics won their first NBA championship in the 1957 NBA Finals under the coaching of Red Auerbach. Auerbach is the franchise's all-time leader in the number of regular-season and playoff wins as a coach. Auerbach and Bill Fitch were included in the Top 10 Coaches in NBA history. Fitch was the 1979–80 NBA Coach of the Year and also led the Celtics to a championship in 1981. Auerbach led the Celtics to nine championships, in 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966. He was also the 1965–66 Coach of the Year. K.C. Jones led the Celtics to two championships, in 1984 and 1986. Alvin Julian, Auerbach, Tom Heinsohn, Fitch and Rick Pitino have earned induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches. (Full article...)
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The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight 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 government. Vestigial judicial and law enforcement districts still follow county boundaries even in the counties whose county-level government has been disestablished, and the counties are still generally recognized as geographic entities if not political ones. Three counties (Hampshire, Barnstable, and Franklin) have formed new county regional compacts to serve as a form of regional governance. (Full article...)
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Team photograph of the 1890 Boston Reds

The Boston Reds were a Major League Baseball franchise that played in the Players' League (PL) in 1890, and one season in the American Association (AA) in 1891. In both seasons, the Reds were their league's champion, making them the second team to win back-to-back championships in two different leagues. The first franchise to accomplish this feat was the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, who won the AA championship in 1889 and the National League (NL) championship in 1890. The Reds played their home games at the Congress Street Grounds.

The Reds were an instant success on the field and in the public's opinion. The team signed several top-level players, and they played in a larger, more comfortable and modern ballpark than the Boston Beaneaters, the popular and well established cross-town rival. Player signings that first year included future Hall of Famers King Kelly, Dan Brouthers, and Charles Radbourn, along with other veterans such as Hardy Richardson, Matt Kilroy, Harry Stovey, and Tom Brown. The PL ended after one season, leaving most of its teams without a league. (Full article...)
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Billy Conigliaro was the first player ever drafted by the Boston Red Sox, selected in the first round of the 1965 MLB draft. An outfielder, he played in MLB from 1969 through 1973.

The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the American League East division. This page lists prospects selected by the team in the first round of the annual Major League Baseball draft.

Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the draft is MLB's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick. In addition, teams that lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks. (Full article...)
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Skyline of Boston's Back Bay

Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England, is home to 555 completed high-rises, 37 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). The majority of the city's skyscrapers and high-rises are clustered in the Financial District and Back Bay neighborhoods. The tallest structure in Boston is the 60-story 200 Clarendon, better known to locals as the John Hancock Tower, which rises 790 feet (241 m) in the Back Bay district. It is also the tallest building in New England and the 80th-tallest building in the United States. The second-tallest building in Boston is the Prudential Tower, which rises 52 floors and 749 feet (228 m). At the time of the Prudential Tower's completion in 1964, it stood as the tallest building in North America outside of New York City.

Boston's history of skyscrapers began with the completion in 1893 of the 13-story Ames Building, which is considered the city's first high-rise. Boston went through a major building boom in the 1960s and 1970s, resulting in the construction of over 20 skyscrapers, including 200 Clarendon and the Prudential Tower. The city is the site of 25 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height, more than any other city in New England. , the skyline of Boston is ranked 10th in the United States and 79th in the world with 57 buildings rising at least 330 feet (100 m) in height. (Full article...)
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MBTA Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system for the Greater Boston metropolitan area of Massachusetts. It is owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and operated under contract by Keolis. In 2022, it was the fifth-busiest commuter rail system in the United States with an average weekday ridership of 78.800. The system's routes span 394 miles (630 km) and cover roughly the eastern third of Massachusetts plus central Rhode Island. They stretch from Newburyport in the north to North Kingstown, Rhode Island, in the south, and reach as far west as Worcester and Fitchburg. The system is split into two parts, with lines north of Boston having a terminus at North Station and lines south of Boston having a terminus at South Station.

, there are 134 active stations on twelve lines, two of which have branches. 108 active stations are accessible; 26 are not. Six additional stations (Prides Crossing, Mishawum, Hastings, Silver Hill, Plimptonville, and Plymouth) are indefinitely closed due to service cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three stations (Winchester Center, South Attleboro, and Lynn) are temporarily closed due to structural deterioration. Six additional stations are under construction as part of the South Coast Rail project; several other stations are planned. (Full article...)
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The front entrance to Boston Latin School on Avenue Louis Pasteur

Boston Latin School is a public exam school located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1635. It is the first public school and the oldest existing school in the United States.

The school's first class included nine students; the school now has 2,400 pupils drawn from all parts of Boston. Its graduates have included four Harvard presidents, eight Massachusetts state governors, and five signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, as well as several preeminent architects, a leading art historian, a notable naturalist and the conductors of the New York Philharmonic and Boston Pops orchestras. There are also several notable non-graduate alumni, including Louis Farrakhan, a leader of the Nation of Islam. Boston Latin admitted only male students at its founding in 1635. The school's first female student was admitted in the nineteenth century. In 1972, Boston Latin admitted its first co-educational class. (Full article...)
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The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts.

This list of birds of Massachusetts includes species documented in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and accepted by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC). As of July 2023, there are 512 species included in the official list. Of them, 190 are on the review list (see below), six have been introduced to North America, three are extinct, and one has been extirpated. An additional seven species are on a supplemental list of birds whose origin is uncertain.

This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS). Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. (Full article...)

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Image 1First articles, the Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth, in the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 2Harvard Medical School, one of the world's most prestigious medical schools (from Boston)
Image 3Chamber of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the Massachusetts State House (from Boston)
Image 4Map showing a British tactical evaluation of Boston in 1775 (from Boston)
Image 5Population density and elevation above sea level in Greater Boston as of 2010 (from Boston)
Image 6Boston Marathon bombing (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 7Boston as seen from Sentinel-2 with Boston Harbor (center), which has made Boston a major shipping port since its founding (from Boston)
Image 8Old South Church at Copley Square at sunset. This United Church of Christ congregation was first organized in 1669. (from Boston)
Image 9William Lloyd Garrison (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 10Johnny Appleseed (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 11U.S. Navy sailors march in Boston's annual Saint Patrick's Day parade. Irish Americans constitute the largest ethnicity in Boston. (from Boston)
Image 12Aerial view of Boston Common in Downtown Boston (from Boston)
Image 13Tremont Street in 1843 (from Boston)
Image 14John Hancock Tower at 200 Clarendon Street is the tallest building in Boston with a roof height of 790 ft (240 m). (from Boston)
Image 15Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882) (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 16South Station, the busiest rail hub in New England, is a terminus of Amtrak and numerous MBTA rail lines. (from Boston)
Image 17In the 19th century, the Old Corner Bookstore became a gathering place for writers, including Emerson, Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller. James Russell Lowell printed the first editions of The Atlantic Monthly at the store. (from Boston)
Image 18Map of Boston-area universities (from Boston)
Image 19Whaling (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 20Symphony Hall at 301 Massachusetts Avenue, home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (from Boston)
Image 21The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston at 600 Atlantic Avenue (from Boston)
Image 22Michelle Wu, the 55th Mayor of Boston (from Boston)
Image 23Harvard Stadium, the first collegiate athletic stadium built in the U.S. (from Boston)
Image 24Museum of Fine Arts at 465 Huntington Avenue (from Boston)
Image 25Harvard Business School, one of the country's top business schools (from Boston)
Image 26Boston painted by Hubert Sattler, c. 1850 (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 27Bluebikes in Boston (from Boston)
Image 28Boston City Hall is a Brutalist-style landmark in the city. (from Boston)
Image 29Certificate of government of Massachusetts Bay acknowledging loan of £20 to state treasury by Seth Davenport. September 1777 (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 30An MBTA Red Line train departing Boston for Cambridge. Over 1.3 million Bostonians utilize the city's buses and trains daily as of 2013. (from Boston)
Image 31In 1773, a group of angered Bostonian citizens threw a shipment of tea by the East India Company into Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act, an event known as the Boston Tea Party that escalated the American Revolution. (from Boston)
Image 32The First Thanksgiving 1621 (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 33Packed circles diagram showing estimates of the ethnic origins of people in Boston in 2021 (from Boston)
Image 34Fenway Park, the home stadium of the Boston Red Sox. Opened in 1912, Fenway Park is the oldest professional baseball stadium still in use. (from Boston)
Image 35Percy's Rescue at Lexington by Ralph Earl and Amos Doolittle from 1775, an illustration of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 36The Springfield Armory (building pictured is from the 19th century) was the first major target of the rebellion. (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 37Armenian American family in Boston, 1908 (from Boston)
Image 38The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association play at TD Garden (from Boston)
Image 39Major boundaries of Massachusetts Bay and neighboring colonial claims in the 17th century and 18th century; modern state boundaries are partially overlaid for context (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 40The Charles River in front of Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, in 2013 (from Boston)
Image 41Historical population changes among Massachusetts municipalities. Click to see animation. (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 42Boston Tea Party (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 43The disputed boundary between Massachusetts Bay Company and the Province of New Hampshire. (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 44A Massachusetts five-shilling banknote issued in 1779. (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 45John Adams (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 46A Boston Police cruiser on Beacon Street (from Boston)
Image 47An 1877 panoramic map of Boston (from Boston)
Image 48Interurban street railway systems, or "trolleys", in Massachusetts, 1913 (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 49Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It, an 1860 photograph by James Wallace Black, was the first recorded aerial photograph. (from Boston)
Image 50Textile mills such as the Boott Mills in Lowell made Massachusetts a leader in the US Industrial Revolution. (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 51The Old City Hall was home to the Boston city council from 1865 to 1969. (from Boston)
Image 52Flag of Massachusetts (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 53Boston Massacre (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 54View of Boston by J. J. Hawes, c. 1860s–1880s (from Boston)
Image 55Map of southern New England indicating approximate ranges of Native American tribes circa 1600. Massachusetts is named after the Massachusett tribe. (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 56Chinatown with its paifang gate is home to several Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants. (from Boston)
Image 57Early settlements and boundaries of the Plymouth Colony (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 58Concerning Evil Spirits (Boston, 1693) by Increase Mather (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 59Haymarket Square in 1909 (from Boston)
Image 60The Old State House, a museum on the Freedom Trail near the site of the Boston Massacre (from Boston)
Image 61Part of the "Big Dig" construction project; this portion is over the Charles River (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 62Boston Latin School was established in 1635 and is the oldest public high school in the U.S. (from Boston)
Image 63John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts native and 35th President of the United States (1961–1963) (from History of Massachusetts)
Image 64State Street in 1801 (from Boston)
Image 65Downtown Boston from Dorchester Heights in 1841 (from Boston)

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... that Andrew Barclay, a bookbinder in colonial Boston, was commanded by British general Sir Guy Carleton to take Loyalist refugees to Nova Scotia?
... that the day before William J. McGarry was set to leave for the Pontifical Biblical Institute, he was instead appointed a professor at Weston College?
... that during the 1979 Boston University strike, some striking professors carried picket signs with quotes from Paul the Apostle, William Shakespeare, and Voltaire?
... that when Ralph Sazio, a Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee, visited Boston University to scout a player, he became so impressed by Dave Viti that he signed him instead?
... that the 1932 sale of the Kibi Daijin Nittō Emaki, a Japanese painted handscroll, to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, provoked outrage in Japan?
... that interviews collected for a Boston College oral history project were used in two murder trials?

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Peter Okebukola (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Vanderwaalforces (talk · contribs · new pages (64)) started on 2023-12-01, score: 20
Jacob Wesley Ulm (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MikloshKhil (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2023-12-01, score: 30
Isabel Hornibrook (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rosiestep (talk · contribs · new pages (32)) started on 2023-11-30, score: 25
Ava Everett (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Fixer88 (talk · contribs · new pages (33)) started on 2023-11-30, score: 40
Jane Anthony Eames (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Gamaliel (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2023-11-23, score: 32

PWHL Boston (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Uncleben85 (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2023-11-30, score: 48
Max Burt (baseball player) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Newystats (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2023-11-30, score: 30
Kenneth E. Goodson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by BhamBoi (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2023-11-30, score: 40
Becket Athenaeum (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by AF367 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-11-30, score: 40

Matt Wentworth (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Ljanss (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2023-11-29, score: 20
Barry Wesley (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Danjobilly1 (talk · contribs · new pages (7)) started on 2023-11-29, score: 40
Woods Hole spritsail boat (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Primergrey (talk · contribs · new pages (41)) started on 2023-11-29, score: 28
Vinny Marino (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Thetreesarespeakingtome (talk · contribs · new pages (22)) started on 2023-11-29, score: 26
Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Certes (talk · contribs · new pages (41)) started on 2023-11-28, score: 28
Mary Despina Lekas (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Penny Richards (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2023-11-28, score: 23
1927–28 MIT Engineers men's ice hockey season (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by PensRule11385 (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2023-11-28, score: 20

Erik Levine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by HRShami (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2023-11-28, score: 52
Bill Roedy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Struick (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2023-11-21, score: 34

Tirso G. Fajardo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Benjo0831 (talk · contribs · new pages (20)) started on 2023-11-27, score: 20
Namhi Kim Wagner (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by CarCai (talk · contribs · new pages (7)) started on 2023-11-27, score: 24
Hubert Vogelsinger (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by IagoQnsi (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-11-27, score: 24
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by 方志維 (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2023-11-27, score: 26
The Track at New Balance (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kid Cudi July 28 23 (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2023-11-26, score: 54

Shirley Leung (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by LowellMillGirl (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2023-11-26, score: 24
The TRACK at New Balance (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kid Cudi July 28 23 (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2023-11-26, score: 54
Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Pdanese (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2023-11-26, score: 40
Alexander E. Kaplan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Physhist (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2023-11-26, score: 20
Stephen Badlam (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Generalissima (talk · contribs · new pages (19)) started on 2023-11-25, score: 46

Shooting of Sayed Faisal (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Uelly (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-11-25, score: 34
Murder in Massachusetts law (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by BD2412 (talk · contribs · new pages (287)) started on 2023-11-24, score: 60

Perry Bromwell (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by SportsGuy789 (talk · contribs · new pages (9)) started on 2023-11-24, score: 50
Marian Morash (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Valereee (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2023-11-24, score: 37
1958 Curtis Cup (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Nigej (talk · contribs · new pages (12)) started on 2023-11-24, score: 40
Freda Friedman Salzman (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Physhist (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2023-11-24, score: 32

Barnes Memorial Park (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Slugger O'Toole (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2023-11-23, score: 20
2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kid Cudi July 28 23 (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2023-11-23, score: 54
Stuart Street (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Dmoore5556 (talk · contribs · new pages (10)) started on 2023-11-23, score: 30
Chelsea King (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Manicpixiedream123 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-11-22, score: 34
Jenn Hill (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Moondragon21 (talk · contribs · new pages (82)) started on 2023-11-22, score: 40
General Catalyst (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Justwatchmee (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-11-21, score: 30
Frank W. Buxton (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Gildir (talk · contribs · new pages (18)) started on 2023-11-21, score: 26
Fletcher Ladd (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jlvshistory (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2023-11-11, score: 30

2012 Michigan Republican presidential primary (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MisterElection2001 (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2023-11-21, score: 20
2023–24 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by RedSox39 (talk · contribs · new pages (18)) started on 2023-11-21, score: 26
Martha Tracy Owler (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rosiestep (talk · contribs · new pages (32)) started on 2023-11-20, score: 30
Mihir Bhatt (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Extreme Ghost (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-11-18, score: 45

Bitcoin Core (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by A455bcd9 (talk · contribs · new pages (14)) started on 2023-11-20, score: 20
John Chaisson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Mztourist (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2023-11-20, score: 27
Asa B. Carey (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Billmckern (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2023-11-20, score: 41
Cochituate Rail Trail (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Rocketwidget (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-11-19, score: 54

Shai Haran (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Temiquini (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-11-07, score: 20

Lewis Lane (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Extraordinary Writ (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2023-11-18, score: 30

Broad Sound North Entrance Channel (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by A. B. (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2023-11-17, score: 34
Howland Wood (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Captmondo (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-11-17, score: 30

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