The Navy Bean is the state bean of Massachusetts due to the fact it is used in Boston Baked Beans.
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Bay state is the nickname of Massachusetts.
MAssachusetts, specifically Boston, though. It is still referred to as "Beantown"
Massachusetts has slogans such as "Make It Yours" and "Spirit of America." It has also been called the Pilgrim State, The Bay State, The Baked Bean State, and The Commonwealth.
actually after a while of research i found out that massacusetts is one on the many states that do NOT have a state vegetable.....they do however have a state bean, the Navy Bean, which is used in Boston baked beans (yum)
The American elm (Ulmaceae Ulmus americana) was adopted as the official tree in March 21, 1941 to commemorate the fact that General George Washington took command of the Continental Army beneath one on Cambridge Common in 1775.
BAY STATE original name was Masachusetts Bay Colony
Noah Bean was born on August 20, 1978, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Massachusetts has a State Fruit (cranberry), State Muffin (corn muffin), State Bean (baked navy beans), State Dessert (Boston cream pie), State Cookie (chocolate chip cookie), and a State Donut (Boston cream donut), but it has not State Snack. The chocolate chip cookie is probably the State Cookie because it was invented at the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, Massachusetts, in the 1930s.
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The Bay State : because it is on a bay, and among several bays. The Old Colony State : for the Plymouth Colony settlements ( 1620-1628) as being the "old" colony as compared to newer ones The Pilgrim State : for the first group to settle there The Puritan State : for the Puritans who were important in establishing the Massachusets Bay Colony. The Baked Bean State, or Beantown for Boston : refers to some of the rules Puritans had about working on Sunday. Cooking was viewed as work< so on Saturday they would prepare baked bean dishes and brown bread to be eaten on Sunday. Baked bean recipes are something of an art form in Massachusetts, Boston in particular.