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Rhode Island (/ˌroʊd-/ ^ⓘ, pronounced "road") is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly more than 1.1 million residents as of 2024. The state's population, however, has continually recorded growth in every decennial census since 1790, and it is the second-most densely populated state after New Jersey. The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though nearly all its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city.

Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay before English settlers began arriving in the early 17th century. Rhode Island was unique among the Thirteen British Colonies in having been founded by a refugee, Roger Williams, who fled religious persecution in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to establish a haven for religious liberty. He founded Providence in 1636 on land purchased from local tribes, creating the first settlement in North America with an explicitly secular government. The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations subsequently became a destination for religious and political dissenters and social outcasts, earning it the moniker "Rogue's Island".

Rhode Island was the first colony to call for a Continental Congress, in 1774, and the first to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown, on May 4, 1776. After the American Revolution, during which it was heavily occupied and contested, Rhode Island became the fourth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, on February 9, 1778. Because its citizens favored a weaker central government, it boycotted the 1787 convention that had drafted the United States Constitution, which it initially refused to ratify; it finally ratified it on May 29, 1790, the last of the original 13 states to do so.

The state was officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations since the colonial era but came to be commonly known as "Rhode Island". On November 3, 2020, the state's voters approved an amendment to the state constitution formally dropping "and Providence Plantations" from its full name. Its official nickname, found on its welcome sign, is the "Ocean State", a reference to its 400 mi (640 km) of coastline and the large bays and inlets that make up about 14% of its area. (Full article...)

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The memorial's statue and base in 2012

The World War I Memorial is a bronze sculpture by Pietro Montana and is located at the intersection of Taunton Avenue, Whelden Avenue, and John Street in East Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The sculpture is modeled on Charles Atlas and depicts a dynamically posed soldier standing on a granite base. Montana's original design was modified by the East Providence Memorial Committee for being "too brutal". Dedicated on July 30, 1927, Major General Charles Pelot Summerall gave an address which highlighted the handicap placed upon the soldiers by a lack of preparedness and "invoked the fighting ideal embodied by Montana's doughboy." The World War I Memorial was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. (Full article...)

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Marilyn Ann Taylor (née Briggs; April 22, 1952 – April 12, 2009), known professionally as Marilyn Chambers, was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress, singer and vice-presidential candidate. She was known for her 1972 hardcore film debut, Behind the Green Door, and her 1980 pornographic film Insatiable. She ranked at No. 6 on the list of Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time by AVN, and ranked as one of Playboy's Top 100 Sex Stars of the Century in 1999. Although she was primarily known for her adult film work, she made a successful transition to mainstream projects and has been called "porn's most famous crossover". (Full article...)

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... that a Rhode Island TV station broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning?
... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad?
... that a Rhode Island TV station started out by re-running an inventory of 50 hours of cartoons and 14 old movies?
... that Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, was described as "the finest in the New Haven system"?
... that James Diossa rescued the only public library and post office in Central Falls, Rhode Island, when the city went into bankruptcy?

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One hundred years after the declaration that all men are created equal, there began to gather in Newport a colony of the rich, determined to show that some Americans were conspicuously more equal than others.

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The Rose Island Light (built 1870) is located on Rose Island in Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States. The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation preserves, maintains, and operates the lighthouse.

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Image 1The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 2Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 3The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 4In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 5Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 6The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 71884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 8Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 9Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 10A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 11A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 12In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 13Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 14In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)
Image 15The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 16Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 17Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 18Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 19The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 20Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 21University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 22Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 23In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 241884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 25Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 26A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 27Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 28University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 29The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 30Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 31University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 32Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 33The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 34Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 35In 1936, on the 300th anniversary of the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp, depicting Roger Williams (from Rhode Island)
Image 36The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 37Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 38Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 39A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 40The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 41Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 42The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 43Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 44The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 45Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 46Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 47Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 48Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 49The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 50In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 51County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 52Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 53University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 54The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 55Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 56Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 57Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 58The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 59The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 60County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 61The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 62Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 63The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 64The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)

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The Newport Bridge spanning the Narragansett Bay

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