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The commission's legislators were state senator James A. Kelly Jr., as well as representatives David M. Bartley and John M. Melia. [1] [6] With its enactment as the state song, it entered the public domain, with the act including a "properly executed transfer of the copyright to said song to the commonwealth." [2] [7]
State patriotic song: "Massachusetts (Because of You Our Land is Free)" Bernard Davidson: 1989 [1] [42] State glee club song: "The Great State of Massachusetts" J. Earl Bley George A. Wells: 1997 [1] [43] State polka: "Say Hello to Someone from Massachusetts" Lenny Gomulka [44] 1998 [45] State ode: "Ode to Massachusetts" Joseph Falzone 2000 [1 ...
M.G.L. 2:31, the law designating the official patriotic song of Massachusetts Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Lyrics This national, regional or organisational anthem -related article is a stub .
Chapter 162 of the Acts of 1997: An Act Designating the Song "The Great State of Massachusetts" as the State Glee Club Song ^ Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2003: An Act Designating the Bay State Tartan as the Official Tartan of the Commonwealth ^ Chapter 407 of the Acts of 2004: An Act Designating the Official Colors of the Commonwealth
In 1816, Revolutionary War veteran Captain Henry Hall became the first colonist to cultivate cranberries, which he did on Cape Cod.
Massachusetts" is a song with words and music by Arlo Guthrie. The song, originally released as a cut on Guthrie's 1976 album Amigo , was adopted by the Legislature in July 1981 as the official folk song of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
The Great State of Massachusetts, words by George A. Wells, and music by J. Earl Bley, is a song that was designated the state glee club song of Massachusetts on November 24, 1997. Wells, a politician from Worcester, Massachusetts, was a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, which nominated Massachusetts' John F. Kennedy as
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...