Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 15R: Armistice Day

Section 15R. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of November the eleventh as Armistice Day, in lasting recognition of the service and sacrifice of those sons and daughters of Massachusetts who served in the armed forces of the United States during World War I and in thanksgiving for the termination of hostilities on Armistice Day, November the eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen.