Chapter 2

Section 55. The sport of basketball shall be the official sport of the commonwealth.

Section 56. Benjamin Franklin shall be the official inventor of the commonwealth.

Section 57. The garter snake shall be the official reptile of the commonwealth.

Section 58. Norman Rockwell shall be the official artist of the commonwealth.

Section 59. Rolling Rock, located in the city of Fall River, shall be the glacial rock of the commonwealth.

Section 6. The flag of the United States and the flag of the commonwealth shall be displayed on the main or administration building of each public institution of the commonwealth. The flags shall be of suitable dimensions and shall be flown every day when the weather permits. All…

Section 60. The city of Salem shall be designated and known as the birthplace of the National Guard.

Section 61. Ms. G of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. shall be the official groundhog of the commonwealth and shall be utilized as a way to educate elementary school children on the importance of meteorology. [Text of section added by 2014, 208. See also, Section 61 added …

Section 62. The Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey shall be the official vessel of the commonwealth.

Section 63. The Gold Star Families Memorial Monument located in Bicentennial Park in the city of Fall River shall be the official Gold Star Families Memorial Monument of the commonwealth. [Text of section added by 2016, 260. See, also, Section 63 added by 2016, 141, Sec. 1, above…

Section 64. The Podokesaurus holyokensis shall be the official dinosaur of the commonwealth.

Section 6A. The flag of the commonwealth shall be flown at half-staff at or on the main or administration building of each public institution of the commonwealth, at or on each other state-owned or state-controlled building, and at all state military installations on the followin…

Section 6B. (a) The Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial shall be erected in Seaport Square park in the South Boston Waterfront of the city of Boston and shall be the official memorial of the commonwealth to honor all post-September 11, 2001 veterans of the c…

Section 7. The mayflower (epigaea repens) shall be the flower or floral emblem of the commonwealth. Any person who pulls up or digs up the plant of the mayflower or any part thereof, or injures such plant or any part thereof except in so far as is reasonably necessary in procurin…

Section 8. The American elm (Ulmus americana) shall be the tree or tree emblem of the commonwealth.

Section 9. The chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus) shall be the bird or bird emblem of the commonwealth.