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Maura Healey: “Massachusetts was the very first state to have a birthday…”

Featuring: Maura Healey, Democratic | Governor of Massachusetts

Healey-Driscoll Administration Honor Veterans at Annual Commonwealth Veterans Day Ceremony

Published November 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 32:32

And I want you to know they put a call out to all the states saying celebrate in your own states. Have a birthday party, have a birthday cake. And I am proud that Massachusetts was the very first state to have a birthday cake and wish our marines a happy 250th. I also know that just yesterday, November 10th is the official birthday of the US Marines, 1775. (32:32–32:42)

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Asserts that Massachusetts was the first state to celebrate the 250th birthday of the US Marines with a cake.

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