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Tell us: What should be the new Massachusetts state seal and motto?
Some of the suggestions recommended by the commission for the seal included other official emblems of the Bay State.
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.
The State Legislature formed the panel in 2021 following criticism over the current state seal, which depicts a Native American below an arm holding a sword. The image is surrounded by the state’s motto in Latin, which, according to the Globe, roughly translates to “By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.”
In May 2022, the panel voted in favor of replacing the current state seal and motto, however, it did not provide any definitive replacements, GBH first reported last week, but rather a list of potential replacements.
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Some of the suggestions recommended by the commission for the seal included other official emblems of the Bay State — an elm tree, cranberries, a chickadee, or cod — as well as the ocean or simply the state’s shape.
For the motto, the panel deemed “hope,” “for the common good” or names of Native American nations in Massachusetts as appropriate options.
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