AtTheFirePit t1_it8ytb7 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 8:18 PM

Reply to comment by NoMoLerking in If there’s a worse town motto than Fall River’s, I’d like to hear it by orleansville

Ware MA is "the town that can't be licked!"

"The Great Depression era nearly signaled the demise of the mills. But, the citizens of Ware banded together to buy shares in the struggling companies. The purchase was the first employee buy-out of a major manufacturer in America. Ware Industries was born, preserving the livelihood for hundreds of families. Ware's then-Chief of Police Bartholomew Buckley coined a new phrase for Ware, calling it “The Town that can’t be licked!” Life Magazine heralded the event in their May 23, 1938 issue with an article entitled Life Goes to a Party: Ware, Mass. Celebrates Comeback."

needless to say, things have... changed

ansonexanarchy t1_it9dzmz wrote on October 21, 2022 at 10:05 PM

I fucking love this state.

Mastermachetier t1_it9ljo1 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 11:03 PM

I’ve been to ware the last 5 years and I’m telling you it got licked