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OPINION Readers offer their designs for a new Massachusetts flag I invited you to fix the Commonwealth’s banner. Here are seven of your best ideas.
Massachusetts is asking residents to help design a new state seal, flag and motto with the aim of reflecting the state’s diversity and heritage.
Jeff Jacoby’s earlier flag column (“ A simple fix for the Massachusetts flag,” Opinion, June 20) and my letter on the subject generated a lot of discussion locally, which led me to think the ...
Residents in Newburyport, Massachusetts, are calling for the City Council to adopt a resolution to replace the state's flag and seal, claiming the imagery promotes racism.
Massachusetts is under a red flag warning again on Tuesday as dozens of brush fires continue burning across the state.
The organization, Change the Mass Flag, has argued that the imagery on the state flag is "a symbol of violence against Indigenous people." ...
The Massachusetts Seal, Flag, and Motto Advisory Commission launched an open call for proposals Thursday. It is the second effort to rethink the state's emblems since 2020, and the first one ...
FITCHBURG, Massachusetts — When Haley Hills drove past the confederate flag on a Massachusetts highway construction site, she doubled back to drive past again and make sure her eyes weren't ...
Why are flags flown at half-staff? According to the official website of the U.S. General Services Administration, flags typically fly at half-staff when the country or specific state is in mourning.
Massachusetts state officials announced that they are seeking public's input for the state's new seal, flag and motto.
There are many mysteries in life and one of them is how a state panel convened to design a new flag and seal for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can spend more than three years and $100,000 yet ...