The first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621.
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On top of the commercial building on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts sits a weather vane with a whale on it. The building was once state headquarters of Greenpeace.
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The Worcester, MA radio station "WORC" was the first radio station in the country to play "The Beatles". As a sign of their appreciation the group gave their gold record for "She Loves You" to Disc Jockey Dick "The Derby" Smith from Worcester, MA.