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Designation<\/b><\/td>\nSymbol \/ Emblem<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bean<\/td>\nBaked Navy Bean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berry<\/td>\nCranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beverage<\/td>\nCranberry Juice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bird<\/td>\nChickadee (Penthestes atricapillus)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Building & Monument Stone<\/td>\nGranite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cat<\/td>\nTabby Cat (Felis familiaris)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ceremonial March<\/td>\nThe Road to Boston Composer unknown.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Children’s Author and Illustrator<\/td>\nTheodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Children’s Book<\/td>\nMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citizenry<\/td>\nBay Staters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cookie<\/td>\nChocolate Chip Cookie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dessert<\/td>\nBoston Cream Pie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dog<\/td>\nBoston Terrier (Canis familiaris bostenensis)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donut<\/td>\nBoston Cream Donut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Explorer Rock<\/td>\nDighton Rock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fish<\/td>\nCod (Gadus morrhua)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flag<\/td>\nMassachusetts Flag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flower or Floral Emblem<\/td>\nMayflower (Epigaea repens)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Folk Dance<\/td>\nSquare Dance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Folk Hero<\/td>\nJohnny Appleseed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Folk Song<\/td>\nMassachusetts words and music by Arlo Guthrie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fossil<\/td>\nDinosaur Tracks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Game Bird<\/td>\nWild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gem<\/td>\nRhodonite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glee Club Song<\/td>\nThe Great State of Massachusetts, words by George A. Wells, and music by J. Earl Bley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heroine<\/td>\nDeborah Samson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Historical Rock<\/td>\nPlymouth Rock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Horse<\/td>\nMorgan Horse (Equus cabullus morganensis)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Insect<\/td>\nLadybug ( More )<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marine Mammal<\/td>\nRight Whale (Eubabalena glacialis)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mineral<\/td>\nBabingtonite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ode<\/td>\nOde to the Commonwealth words and music by Joseph Falzone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muffin<\/td>\nCorn Muffin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patriotic Song<\/td>\nMassachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free) words and music by Bernard Davidson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poem<\/td>\nBlue Hills of Massachusetts composed by Katherine E. Mullen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Polka<\/td>\nSay Hello to Someone in Massachusetts by Lenny Gomulka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rock<\/td>\nRoxbury Puddingstone (Roxbury Conglomerate)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shell<\/td>\nNew England Neptune (Neptuna lyrata decemcostata)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soil<\/td>\nPaxton Soil Series*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song<\/td>\nAll Hail to Massachusetts words and music by Arthur J. Marsh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tree<\/td>\nAmerican Elm (Ulmus americana)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Veterans of Southwest Asia War Monument<\/td>\nWorcester, Desert Calm Committee, Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vietnam War Memorial<\/td>\nMemorial in Worcester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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