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- Official Name: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Capital: Boston
- Population:
6,349,097 (2000 U.S. Census Bureau)
- Area:
8,257 square miles (land and water)
- Climate:
Average monthly temperatures in Boston range from 28.2° in January to 72.0° in July
- Quick Facts
- Massachusetts
has produced half of all the Nobel Prize winners in the
country
- The State's total R&D expenditures are nearly 3 times
greater than the national average
- Major League Sports Teams
- Baseball- Boston Red Sox
- Football- New England Patriots
- Hockey- Boston Bruins
- Basketball- Boston Celtics
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 Boston Red Sox Schedule
| 8/22/2008 |
7:07 PM |
Red Sox at Blue Jays |
| 8/23/2008 |
1:07 PM |
Red Sox at Blue Jays |
| 8/24/2008 |
1:07 PM |
Red Sox at Blue Jays |
| 8/26/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Red Sox at Yankees |
| 8/27/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Red Sox at Yankees |
| 8/28/2008 |
1:05 PM |
Red Sox at Yankees |
| 8/29/2008 |
7:05 PM |
White Sox at Red Sox |
| 8/30/2008 |
7:05 PM |
White Sox at Red Sox |
| 8/31/2008 |
1:35 PM |
White Sox at Red Sox |
| 9/1/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Orioles at Red Sox |
| 9/2/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Orioles at Red Sox |
| 9/3/2008 |
1:35 PM |
Orioles at Red Sox |
| 9/5/2008 |
8:05 PM |
Red Sox at Rangers |
| 9/6/2008 |
8:05 PM |
Red Sox at Rangers |
| 9/7/2008 |
3:05 PM |
Red Sox at Rangers |
| 9/8/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Rays at Red Sox |
| 9/9/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Rays at Red Sox |
| 9/10/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Rays at Red Sox |
| 9/12/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Blue Jays at Red Sox |
| 9/13/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Blue Jays at Red Sox |
| 9/14/2008 |
1:35 PM |
Blue Jays at Red Sox |
| 9/15/2008 |
7:10 PM |
Red Sox at Rays |
| 9/16/2008 |
7:10 PM |
Red Sox at Rays |
| 9/17/2008 |
7:10 PM |
Red Sox at Rays |
| 9/19/2008 |
7:07 PM |
Red Sox at Blue Jays |
| 9/20/2008 |
1:07 PM |
Red Sox at Blue Jays |
| 9/21/2008 |
1:07 PM |
Red Sox at Blue Jays |
| 9/22/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Indians at Red Sox |
| 9/23/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Indians at Red Sox |
| 9/24/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Indians at Red Sox |
| 9/25/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Indians at Red Sox |
| 9/26/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Yankees at Red Sox |
| 9/27/2008 |
7:05 PM |
Yankees at Red Sox |
| 9/28/2008 |
1:35 PM |
Yankees at Red Sox |
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Boston Area
| Museum of Science
Baseball As America
See actual mementos from legendary feats, including the record-breaking home run bats of Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, and Mark McGwire, Curt Schilling's bloody sock from game two of the 2004 World Series, and the hat worn by Mike Lowell when he was the 2007 World Series MVP.
June 15, 2008 - Monday, September 1, 2008 |
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Around
the State
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum
Seuss on the Loose in Springfield
The early story of the man who would become the world famous children's book author known as Dr. Seuss is illustrated through family photographs from his childhood and genealogical information about the Seuss-Geisel family history.
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Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston
ANISH KAPOOR: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
This major exhibition, the first U.S. museum survey of Kapoor's art in more than 15 years, will feature works made since 1980, a period in which his sculptures and installations have grown increasingly ambitious and complex.
May 30 - September 7, 2008
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Blue Man Group and Shear
Madness
are playing in Boston. See http://www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/Boston
for more info. The following are playing during
the 2008 season. |
- The Backyardigans
- Mamma Mia!
- David Copperfield
- The Drowsy Chaperone
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- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Avenue Q
- Monty Python's Spamalot
- The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
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3 August 1964
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) created
4 August 1892
Andrew and Abby Borden murdered in Fall River
5 August 1937
First Boston Symphony Orchestra concert at Tanglewood in Lenox
8 August 1763
Charles Bullfinch, architect of the Massachusetts State House, born in Boston
8 August 1805
African Baptist Church founded in Boston
9 August 1790
Columbia Rediviva returns to Bostonùfirst American ship to circumnavigate the globe
9 August 1841
Frederick Douglass hears William Lloyd Garrison speak for first time, in Bristol, MA
11 August 1834
Ursuline convent in Charlestown destroyed by a mob
12 August 1675
King Philip (Metacom) killed
13 August 1818
Feminist and abolitionist Lucy Stone born in West Brookfield
14 August 1939
Swift River begins to fill the Quabbin Reservoir
16 August 1841
Frederick Douglass gives first public anti-slavery speech to white audiences in Nantucket
17 August 1635
Richard Mather, founder of a theological dynasty, arrives in Boston
18 August 1915
Braves Field opens
19 August 1812
Constitution defeats the British frigate Guerrière, earns nickname "Old Ironsides"
22 August 1781
Brom and Bett v. Ashley ruling states that the "free and equal" clause in state constitution applies to blacks.
Carl Michael Yastrzemski, better known as "Yaz" or "Captain Carl", was born on August 22, 1939 in Southampton, Long Island
23 August 1927
Sacco and Vanzetti executed.
24 August 1810
Theologian Theodore Parker born in Lexington.
26 August 1765
Lt. Gov. Thomas Hutchinson's home destroyed in protest against the Stamp Act
26 August 1826
Faneuil Hall Market, popularly known as Quincy Market, opens in Boston
29 August 1809
Author and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes born in Cambridge
29 August 1947
Metropolitan Transit Authority created in Boston
30 August 1786
Construction begun on meeting house at Hancock Shaker Village
31 August 1835
Prompted by rising abolitionist activity, defenders of slavery meet in Boston.
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Our Survey Question of the Month |
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Which of these is currently the most significant Massachusetts Politician?
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This famous Patriot was born 300 years ago in
Boston. At age 16, he secretly wrote a series
of witty, satirical letters signed, “Mrs. Silence
Dogood” and published in his brother’s newspaper,
where he worked as an apprentice. The letters
charmed Boston, but when his brother learned
the true identity of the author, the ill will
caused him to permanently leave Boston for Philadelphia.
Who was this famous American?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. William Pitt
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. William Penn
In
Massachusetts-speak what can be described as
a sandwich or a sub baked in a pizza oven?
What
book written by Robert McCloskey is honored
by a series of bronze sculptures by Nancy Schoen
in Boston’s Public Garden?
Test
your Massachusetts wisdom with our Massachusetts
Knowledge Quizzes. Score high on
our latest quiz and win a discount on your next
purchase. (Answers to above questions: C-Benjamin
Franklin, A-grinder,
and Make Way for Ducklings)
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Massachusetts
Language
The
unusual accent of Bostonians may
have originated in East Umbria,
England. Here are some translations
of common Massachusetts terms.
For more, visit the Wicked
Good Guide to Boston English.
Frappe A
milkshake or malted elsewhere, here it's ice cream,
milk and chocolate syrup blended together. The 'e'
is silent. Despite the chocolate syrup, it actually
comes in many flavors.
Badadoes-
Come baked or French fried
Wicket
– Means “very”,
as in “wicked” good
Smoot
- Unit of measure across the Harvard
Bridge near MIT
Tonic
- A soda
Hamburg -
Goes with hot dog
Hermits -
Molasses cookies.
Milkshake - Milk with some flavored
syrup, but NO ice cream.
Examples
of Place Name Pronunciation
Worcester –
cross between wooster and wister
Gloucester- glosster
Leominster- lemunster
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