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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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Fire Station Number 4 or Fire Station No. 4 is a historic fire station located at 474 Broadway in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The building historically has also been called the Collyer Fire Station. The Queen Anne Style station was built in 1890. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, hip-roofed rectangular brick building with two brick wings and a bell tower. Constructed of red brick with sandstone trim and sandstone lintels and sills on the windows, the building has a foliate terracotta plaque bearing its name and date of construction. The fire station was closed as a firehouse in 1974, when the current Fire Station Number 4 on Cottage Street opened. The interior of the building was greatly modified to accommodate offices and meeting rooms by the time of its listing on the national register. In 2014, the building is being used by the Catholic Charities of Providence. Fire Station Number 4 was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. (Full article...)

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Since the Great Depression, Rhode Island politics have been dominated by the Rhode Island Democratic Party, and the state is considered part of the Democrats' "Blue Wall." Democrats have won all but four presidential elections since 1928, with the exceptions being 1952, 1956, 1972, and 1984. The Rhode Island Republican Party, although virtually non-existent in the Rhode Island General Assembly, has remained competitive in gubernatorial elections, having won one as recently as 2006. Until 2014, Democrats had not won a gubernatorial election in the state since 1992, and it was not until 2018 that they won one by double digits. The Rhode Island General Assembly has continuously been under Democratic control since 1959. (Full article...)

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... that James Diossa rescued the only public library and post office in Central Falls, Rhode Island, when the city went into bankruptcy?
... 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 Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, was described as "the finest in the New Haven system"?

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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 2The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 3A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 4Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 5The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 6Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 7University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 8Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 9A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 10A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 11Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 12Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 13Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 14Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 15Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 16Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 17Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 18University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 19The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 20The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 21The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 22Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 23Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 24Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 25A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 26County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 27The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 28Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 29Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 30The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 31Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 321884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 33The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 34Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 35The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 36In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 37The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 38Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 39Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 40Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 41The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 42Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 43Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 44The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 451884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 46Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 47University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 48Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 49University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 50In 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 51In 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 52The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 53County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 54In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 55The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 56The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 57The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 58The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 59Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 60Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 61In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 62Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 63In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 64Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)

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