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Commonwealth Museum @MassMuseum

State historical museum in Boston. Interactive exhibits, personal stories, and a high tech theater bring history alive. Mon-Fri: 9-5 insta: @commonwealthmuseum

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Commonwealth Museum retweeted
Mass. Elections
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5 Nov 2024
Polls are now open, Massachusetts! WhereDoIVoteMA.com
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Commonwealth Museum retweeted
Mass. Elections
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5 Nov 2024
Happy Election Day! Find your polling place & sample ballot at WhereDoIVoteMA.com
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Commonwealth Museum retweeted
Mass. Elections
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4 Nov 2024
Polls will be open in Massachusetts from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. tomorrow. If you will be out of town tomorrow, you have until 12 p.m. today to apply in person for an absentee ballot and vote at your local clerk's office.
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Commonwealth Museum retweeted
Mass. Elections
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2 Oct 2024
Election Day is just 34 days away! Mark your calendars: -Oct. 19: 1st day of early voting -Oct. 26: Voter registration deadline -Oct. 29: Mail-in ballot application deadline -Nov. 1: Last day of early voting -Nov. 5: Election Day
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Check our website for updates! sec.state.ma.us/mus/
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On national Pi Day we’re celebrating our state dessert – Boston Cream Pie! First invented at the Omni Parker House in downtown Boston by a chef named Mossburg Sonzian, it became the official state dessert in 1996. Be sure to recite pi and eat some Boston Cream Pie today! 🥧🩵
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Happy Women’s History Month! This tradition began to honor the influential women whose contributions to society were often unrecognized. Today, women’s history month is a symbolic gesture to commemorate those women’s achievements and inspire future generations. 💜🥳
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Commonwealth Museum retweeted
Mass. Elections
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5 Mar 2024
Happy Election Day! Polls are now open for the Massachusetts Presidential Primaries. Find your polling place at VoteInMA.com.

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February became Black History Month because of Carter G. Woodson. Woodson was a scholar who felt young African Americans weren’t being taught enough about their ancestors achievements. Black History Month continues his legacy by honoring black Americans who shaped our society!
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January 27th marks the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In 2005, the UN began holding ceremonies to honor the lives of Holocaust victims and ensure we continue to educate ourselves on historical atrocities to understand their cause and avoid their repetition.
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Happy Birthday Julia Child, influential celebrity cook and TV personality!
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Happy International #Cat Day! #DidYouKnow that the state cat of Massachusetts is the tabby cat? Tabby is not a breed of cat, but a coat type seen in many breeds of domestic cats. Tabby cats have a distinctive “M” shaped marking on their foreheads and striped patterns. #animals
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Happy birthday Nelson Mandela!   Nelson Mandela was an important civil rights activist who fought to end apartheid in South Africa. Mandela was imprisoned for his activism for 27 years. After his release, Mandela served as the first black president of South Africa.
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Happy 207th birthday to Concord native Henry David Thoreau, transcendentalist writer-philosopher!
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Happy 256th birthday to Braintree native John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the United States!
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July 7th is World Chocolate Day!   Did you know that Massachusetts' state cookie is the chocolate chip cookie? The chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1938 by Ruth Graves Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts.
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The pirate captain William Kidd was arrested in Boston on this day, 1699.
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Happy 4th of July from the Commonwealth Museum! We will be open from 9-4 today, be sure to stop by!
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Happy Juneteenth! The museum will be closed this Monday, June 19th, in observance.
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