Massachusetts Bay Trading Company Promotes Massachusetts' Character, Diversity of Products.Business/Technology Editors WESTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2002 Site focuses on Commonwealth's unique blend of Yankee tradition, intellectual leadership and entrepreneurial spirit The Massachusetts Bay Trading Company Massachusetts Bay Trading Co, Inc. is an online retailer headquartered in Weston, Massachusetts selling products worldwide. It is an American electronic commerce company selling specialty hand-made gifts and general products that are made in Massachusetts. announces the opening of a new web site (www.massbaytrading.com) promoting the quality of Massachusetts products and offering a rich selection of products associated with the Commonwealth. The state attracts a dedicated following, including 27 million visitors each year, but until now there has not been one location on the Web for visitors and residents to browse and purchase the range of items crafted in state. With the current trend toward vacationing close to home and air travel substantially down, the site offers visitors the ability to virtually browse and shop in Massachusetts without leaving home. Goods from a wide range of local companies, craftsmen and artisans are available for worldwide delivery. Products include Nantucket Lightship lightship, moored vessel bearing lights and other signal devices to guide ships and warn of hazards to navigation. Lightships are generally stationed at points where a lighthouse cannot be erected; they are given distinctive features (e.g. baskets, pottery, art, collectibles, games, books, as well as local foods including lobsters, candy and farm products. Each product ships with a booklet about the history and legacy of Massachusetts. The state has become a popular vacation destination, especially with visitors from the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and from across the US. Its rich heritage includes sparking four revolutions. The American Revolution American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is also called the American War of Independence. started with the "shots heard 'round the world" at Concord, Ma. on April 19, 1775. The US industrial revolution began in Waltham with the power looms of Francis Cabot Lowell Francis Cabot Lowell may refer to:
Noun, pl haricot beans, baked and tinned in tomato sauce baked beans npl → judÃas fpl en salsa de tomate baked beans bake npl and lobsters to Patriot missiles and the 2002 Super Bowl champion New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Patriot football team. About Massachusetts Bay Trading Company Massachusetts Bay Trading Company is the first web portal dedicated to promoting the rich heritage of Massachusetts and the quality of the products originating in state. MBTC MBTC Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company MBTC Meletiou Bros Trading Co. (Greece) staff has carefully selected a cross section of items that embody the finest character and diversity for which Massachusetts is renowned. The MBTC web portal offers the fruits of Yankee ingenuity for delivery worldwide. Visit MBTC on the World Wide Web at http://www.massbaytrading.com. |
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