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In Quahog We Trust

8:37AM ON 06/22/2008
BY Dave Segal

Sacred Cod of Massachusetts.jpgSorry-  just on a sorta post-session high.  Did you guys know about the ‘Sacred Cod‘ that hangs in the Massachusetts House of Reps chamber?

  • In 1933, the Cod was stolen by members of the Harvard Lampoon magazine as a practical joke. It was soon returned following outrage from the Massachusetts General Court and Bostonians.
  • There is a persistent, and untrue, rumor that the words “In Cod We Trust” are carved onto, or hung nearby, the Sacred Cod.

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