State
Massachusetts
| Capital | Boston |
|---|---|
| Statehood | February 6, 1788 (6th state) |
| Nickname | The Bay State |
| Region | Northeast — New England |
The cradle of the American Revolution, and where this journal begins.
National Parks
- Salem Maritime National Historic Site
- Adams National Historical Park
- Minute Man National Historical Park
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
- Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
- Boston National Historical Park
- Springfield Armory National Historic Site
- Boston African American National Historic Site
People
- Benjamin Franklin
- Charley Longfellow
- Charlotte Forten Grimké
- Crispus Attucks
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Ellen Craft
- George Washington
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- John Adams
- John F. Kennedy
- John Hancock
- John Parker
- Joseph Warren
- Jude Hall
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Paul Revere
- Phillis Wheatley
- Salem Poor
- Samuel Adams
- Sarah Roberts, Robert Morris & Charles Sumner
- Sue Bailey Thurman
- William C. Nell
- William Lloyd Garrison
- William Prescott