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The creation of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts, which was formerly private town and state owned land, marked the first time the federal government purchased land for a park. |
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The Mather school was founded in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1639. It is the first public elementary school in America. |
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Norfolk County, Massachusetts is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush. |
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