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Rhode Island State Flag


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Rhode Island's official flag was adopted in 1897. The flag is white, fringed with yellow on three sides. A yellow anchor is circled by 13 yellow stars (the stars symbolize the original 13 colonies). A blue ribbon is under the anchor and reads, "HOPE." The anchor was first adopted as a seal for Rhode Island in 1647, when the four original towns of Rhode Island (Providence, Warwick, Portsmouth, and Newport) united under a single charter



State Capital: Providence


Largest City: Providence


Entered Union: May 29, 1790


Status: Rhode Island was the 13th state in the USA and the smallest state


State Flower: Violets


State Tree: Red maple


State Bird: Rhode Island Red(a type of chicken)


State Song: Rhode Island, It's for Me


State Nickname: The Ocean State, Little Rhody


State Motto: "Hope"


Bordering States: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York


Origin of the Name: Rhode Island was either named for the Isle of Rhodes (in the Mediterranean Sea) or for its red clay (the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block may have named it "Rood Eylandt" meaning Red Island, in Dutch)



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