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Boston

Massachusetts

USA

Image of Boston's Back Bay neighborhood as situated along the tree-lined esplanade of the Charles River. The brown-colored Hatch Shell partly obscured among the trees is Boston's Fourth of July venue for the Boston Pops Orchestra, and associated fireworks show. Featured prominently in the skyline, (on the left) is the "old John Hancock building" and the new taller John Hancock Tower, in addition to 111 Huntington Avenue and the Prudential Tower on the right.

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Boston skyline from the north side of the Charles River.

Closest Airport:
Logan International Airport

Airport Code:
BOS

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General Location:
Borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north.

A Boston Red Sox baseball game at Fenway Park

Local Motto or Saying:
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin "By the sword it seeks peace (but only) under liberty")

Nickname:
Beantown, The Hub, The Cradle of Liberty, The Cradle of Modern America, Athens of America, The Walking City, Bay State

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Chamber of Commerce Info:
http://www.bostonchamber.com/cwt/external/wcpages/index.aspx

Seal of Boston

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