Revolutionary Order Heritage Flags indicate the position of each of the original 13 colonies, whence they official joined to become the United States of America. Since Massachusetts was the 9th state for the first government under Articles of Confederation she gets nine gold stars. Later when the government underwent a major upgrade via the US Constitution, Massachusetts became the 6th state in the 2° Union. The flag above is the united pattern. Since gold usually represents an earlier age and silver comes later.
Right now, the dominant ordering is with the US Constitution. Thus most historians and public officials declare Massachusetts as the 6th state. What they mean is that Massachusetts was the sixth state to ratify the US Constitution.
However, Massachusetts was the 9th state of the original Union. Only if, only if the Articles of Confederation would have been more effective form of government; then we would remember Massachusetts's original rank as the 9th state of the USA. In fact the official name of the United States of America (USA) was specified under the Articles of Confederation, not the US Constitution.
The six white starred flag of Massachusetts reflects Massachusetts's rank as the 6th state to ratify the second government of the USA—The US Constitution.
Consequently the hour dedicated to Massachusetts begins at 6:09 AM.
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