Facts of Massachusetts

• Govener-Deval Park
• Capital City-Boston
• Motto-"Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem"   "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty"
• Population-about 6,593,587 residents
• Time Zone-its in the eastern time zone
• State Abreviation-MA
• Border States-Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Admission to Statehood-Feb. 6, 1788
• Largest City-Boston
• Highest Point-Mt. Greylock at 3491 feet
• Lowest Point-Atlantic Ocean
• Professional Sports Teams-Boston Red Sox,baseball; Boston Celtics,basketball; New England Patriots,football; Boston Bruins, hockey;     New England Revolution,soccer; Boston Cannons, Lacrosse
• Famous People-John F. Kennedy, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Morse, Matt Damon, Aerosmith, John Hancock, John Adams, George H.W. Bush