It looks like Massachusetts will be getting a brand new state seal and motto. The current state seal has been in place since 1898. It depicts a Native American standing under an arm wielding a ...

A panel created in 2021 to come up with a new Massachusetts state seal and motto has disbanded, according to The Boston Globe, however it failed to provide a definitive replacement for either.

A state panel tasked with developing alternatives to the current Massachusetts state seal and motto disbanded Nov. 15, according to The Boston Globe.

The state’s Latin motto that translates as, "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty," dates to about 1659 and is attributed to English politician Algernon Sydney, according to ...

The special commission tasked by the Mass. Legislature with rethinking Massachusetts' state seal and motto is wrapped its work Tuesday without recommending specific replacements for either. Still, ...

FILE - The Massachusetts state flag flies in front of Boston City Hall, Monday, May 2, 2016. The commission appointed to come up with a new state seal and motto for Massachusetts to replace the ...

The state's Latin motto that translates to, "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty," dates to about 1659 and is attributed to English politician Algernon Sydney, according to ...

The current seal that appears on state flags, which dates to the late 19th century, features a depiction of a Native American man beneath a colonist’s arm brandishing a sword, ...

Massachusetts is reexamining its state seal and motto — and by extension the state flag — after a special commission voted unanimously in May to recommend replacing both.The decision was seen ...

Six months ago, members of a special commission unanimously agreed that Massachusetts should replace its state seal and motto. Now, time is running out for them to recommend what those replacements ...

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CBS News Boston Live. By MARK PRATT Associated Press . BOSTON (AP) - The commission appointed to come up with a new state seal and motto for Massachusetts to replace the current ones that critics ...