MASSACHUSETTS
New state flag
Region: Northeast
Emblem:
Dip pen nib.
The first European settlers in Massachusetts signed the Mayflower Compact, a document that established universal rules and regulations for the settlers' New World society. Its signing helped establish the American tradition of quality before the law and of resolving social disputes through legislation rather than through violence.
Field:
Paper about to be written on by the pen.
The field reinforces the symbolism of the emblem: it represents the Compact about to be signed by one of the Mayflower settlers.
