Boston, Mass

State bird: Chickadee State flower: Mayflower Population: 6,349,097 people Nickname: Bay State Economy: Dairy products, nursery stock, seafood, cranberries, vegetables, printing and
publishing, scientific instruments, machinery, electric equipment, tourism
Fun facts: Norfolk county is the birthplace of four US presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush. In Holyoke, William G. Morgan created a new game called Mintonette in 1895. After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield, it was renamed Volleyball. The Fig Newton was named after Newton, Massachusetts. The Basketball Hall of Fame is located in Springfield where
the first basketball game was played. The birth control pill was invented at Clark University in
Worcester. The Boston Tea Party reenactment takes place in Boston Harbor every December 16th. The first US Postal zip code in Massachusetts is 01001 in Agawam. Acushnet is the hometown of the Titleist golf ball company. The official state dessert of Massachusetts is Boston Cream Pie (what else!). Elias How of Boston invented the first sewing machine in 1839.