Massachusetts drivers will soon have an opportunity to purchase a “Boston Strong” license plate.
Gov. Deval Patrick on Friday signed into law a bill creating the specialty license plate. Proceeds from the sale of the $50 plate will go to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. The phrase “Boston Strong” became popular after the attacks. It was pointed to as a rallying cry by people who in a recent survey said the terrorist attack had left Boston a better place, according to Western New England University polling director Tim Vercellotti.
" People would volunteer after answering the question ,if they thought it was a change for the better,they tended to say it was because of a surge of civic pride and unity in Boston."
Massachusetts has more than a dozen specialty license plates that benefit a range of causes.
