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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 fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020; but it has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and 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 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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John Collins Covell (December 19, 1823 – June 4, 1887) was a 19th-century American educator and school administrator specializing in deaf education in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.

Born in 1823 in Rhode Island, Covell was the son of Episcopal minister Reverend Joseph S. Covell and the grandson of Rhode Island Governor John Collins. Covell attended Trinity College and graduated from the institution in 1847. He was recommended as a candidate for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut and received the orders of a deacon. (Full article...)

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Rhode Island have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people. Rhode Island established two types of major relationship recognition for same-sex couples, starting with civil unions on July 1, 2011, and then on August 1, 2013 with same-sex marriage. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is outlawed within the state namely in the areas of employment, housing, healthcare and public accommodations. In addition, conversion therapy on minors has been banned since 2017.

Rhode Island is frequently referred to as one of the United States' most LGBTQ-friendly states. Opinion polls have shown that a large majority of Rhode Islanders support same-sex marriage and LGBT rights. 2017 polling from the Public Religion Research Institute showed that 78% of Rhode Island respondents supported same-sex marriage. (Full article...)

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... 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 broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning?
... that James Diossa rescued the only public library and post office in Central Falls, Rhode Island, when the city went into bankruptcy?
... that Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, was described as "the finest in the New Haven system"?

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Well, the last chunk of ice that broke off was about the size of the state of Rhode Island. Some people might call that pretty sensational.

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The Prudence Island Lighthouse (known locally as the Sandy Point Lighthouse) is located on Sandy Point, Prudence Island, Rhode Island and is the oldest lighthouse tower in the state. Sandy Point is nicknamed Chibacoweda, meaning "little place separated by a passage," because the location is a little more than one mile offshore.

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Image 1The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 2Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 3Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 4The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 5The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 6Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 7The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 81884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 9The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 10The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 11Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 12Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 13The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 14The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 15University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 16University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 17In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 18In 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 19Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 20The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 21Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 22The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 23The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 24Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 25The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 26The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 27Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 28Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 29In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 30Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 31Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 32A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 33Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 34A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 35Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 36University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 37University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 38A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 39Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 40Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 41The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 42The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 43Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 44County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 45In 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 46A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 47Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 48The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 49Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 50Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 51Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 52Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 53The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 54Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 55Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 561884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 57The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 58Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 59In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 60Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 61County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 62In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 63Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 64Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)

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