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Massachusetts

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Flag Adoption:  July 3, 1971

Motto

Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem – By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty

Symbols & Colors

  • White star:  Part the original colonies
  • Down pointing arrow:  Peace
  • Arm and sword:  For "By the sword"

Other Facts

Thomas Little Shell, chief of a band of the Ojibwa tribe, was used as the face of the Native American man.

Flag Facts for Massachusetts