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Pictures of Rhode Island
How It Got It's Name
While Giovanni Verrazano and discovered Rhode Island, he was writing a letter and described it as an Island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. It's name was tossed around and then in March 13, 1644, it was called the Ile of Rods or Rhod-Island and then In 1663 the name “Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” was adopted.
State Symbols
Violet
Rhode Island's State Flower
The Red Maple Tree
Rhode Island's State Tree
Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island's State Bird
Striped Bass
Rhode Island's State Fish
Harbor Seal
Rhode Island's State Marine Mammal
Quahog
Rhode Island's State Shell
The Seal of Rhode Island
Rhode Island's Quarter
Rhode Island's Motto
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