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Rhode Island (/ˌroʊd -/ ^ⓘ ROHD) 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^[update]. 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 Fifth Ward Wardroom is a historic meeting hall at 47 Mulberry Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It is a single-story red brick building, with a low-pitch hipped roof. Basically rectangular, an enclosed entry pavilion projects from the main block. The building was designed by William R. Walker & Son and built in 1886. Originally used as a polling place and meeting hall, it was later used as a school and by veterans organizations before being converted into a single family residence during its National Register of Historic Places nomination. It was listed on the historic register in 1983. (Full article...)

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CVS Health Corporation is an American healthcare company that owns CVS Pharmacy, a retail pharmacy chain; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager; and Aetna, a health insurance provider, among many other brands. The company is the world's second largest healthcare company, behind UnitedHealth Group. In 2023, the company was ranked 64th in the Forbes Global 2000. CVS started in Lowell, Massachusetts by brothers Stanley and Sidney Goldstein and their partner Ralph Hoagland. The name stood for Consumer Value Stores. (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 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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Winnapaug Pond (also known as Brightman Pond) is a breached saltwater pond in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States, connected to Block Island Sound by the Weekapaug Breachway, which was constructed during the mid-1950s. The 2.5-mile (4.0 km) long lake is separated from the Atlantic by a large sandbar.

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Image 1Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 2Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 3The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 4Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 5The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 6The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 7The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 8Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 9A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 10Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 11Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 121884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 13A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 14Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 15Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 16A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 17The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 18The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 19University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 20The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 21The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 22Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 23The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 24The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 25In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 26Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 27Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 28Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 29Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 30In 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 31Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 32The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 33County results of the 2024 Presidential election. Kamala Harris (D) won every county, though she won Kent County by a narrow margin of 1.9% (from Rhode Island)
Image 34The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 35County results of the 2024 Presidential election. Kamala Harris (D) won every county, though she won Kent County by a narrow margin of 1.9% (from Rhode Island)
Image 36A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 37Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 38Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 39Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 40Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 41Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 42The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 43In 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 44University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 45The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 46The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 47Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 48The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 49Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 501884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 51The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (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 Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 55Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 56In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 57Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 58In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 59University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 60Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 61Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 62Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 63In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 64Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)

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A baseball game at McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket, May 7, 2002.

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