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Does Massachusetts Need A New State Seal?

     There is a grass roots movement to get a new state seal and motto for Massachusetts.

     More than a half-dozen Massachusetts communities have endorsed state legislation to form a commission to study the issue.

     The seal depicts a Native American holding a bow and arrow with a sword brandished over his head.

     The motto, in Latin, translates as “By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.”

      A Hadley couple are hoping to convince their town meeting this spring to join the campaign to replace the state seal.

      WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Michele and Andrew Morris-Friedman.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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