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How would you redesign the Massachusetts flag?
We need to sharpen our Massachusetts flag discussion. Jeff Jacoby correctly asserts that the sword in our state seal was not intended to symbolize violence against people who lived here long before Europeans arrived. However, the claim Jacoby repeats, that …