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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1667 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3315
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kip A. Diggs
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in
the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kip A. Diggs2nd Barnstable1/15/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1667 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3315
By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3315) of Kip
A. Diggs that the Superintendent of State Office Buildings be authorized to install a permanent
memorial in the State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren. State Administration and
Regulatory Oversight.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3013 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act directing the superintendent of state office buildings to install a permanent memorial in
the Massachusetts State House in honor of Mercy Otis Warren.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 The superintendent of state office buildings shall, subject to the approval of the State
2House Art Commission as to size and content, install and maintain in a conspicuous place of the
3Art Commission’s choosing in the State House, a memorial honoring Mercy Otis Warren, of
4Barnstable, Massachusetts, a leading author, playwright, satirist, and patriot in colonial
5Massachusetts, whose essays contributed to the creation of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, and
6whose book, History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution became
7this country's first published history of the American Revolution. Said memorial shall be the gift
8of Cape Cod artist David Lewis who will bear all costs associated with the creation,
9transportation, and installation of the artwork.