MassLive: "Former students mark 50th anniversary of ladybug becoming Mass. state insect"

Liesel Nygard reporting for MassLive provides a recap of the Ladybug reunion on Saturday, April 20:

"Did you know that Massachusetts’ official state insect is the ladybug?

The law was passed in 1974 after a large group of second graders from Kennedy School in Franklin, Mass. visited lawmakers at the State House in Boston while wearing homemade ladybug costumes.

Since ladybugs are considered good luck, and protect plants from pests without being harmful to gardens, the children and their teachers considered the insect worthy of becoming the Bay State’s official state’s bug."

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https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/04/history-takes-wing-former-students-mark-50th-anniv-of-ladybug-becoming-mass-state-insect.html

Former students of Franklin School who helped pass a bug making the ladybug Massachusetts' official state insect celebrate the 50th anniversary of their success with an event at the Franklin Historical Museum on Saturday, April 20, 2024 (MassLive photo by Liesel Nygard).Liesel Nygard