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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 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 for thousands of years 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". In November 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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Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American writer who authored twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres. His works often include graphic depictions of violence, and his writing style is characterised by a sparse use of punctuation and attribution. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists.

McCarthy was born in Providence, Rhode Island, although he was raised primarily in Tennessee. In 1951, he enrolled in the University of Tennessee, but dropped out to join the U.S. Air Force. His debut novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. Awarded literary grants, McCarthy was able to travel to southern Europe, where he wrote his second novel, Outer Dark (1968). Suttree (1979), like his other early novels, received generally positive reviews, but was not a commercial success. A MacArthur Fellowship enabled him to travel to the American Southwest, where he researched and wrote his fifth novel, Blood Meridian (1985). Although it initially garnered a lukewarm critical and commercial reception, it has since been regarded as his magnum opus, with some labeling it the Great American Novel. (Full article...)

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Lincoln Davenport Chafee (/ˈtʃeɪfiː/ CHAY-fee; born March 26, 1953) is an American politician. He was mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, from 1993 to 1999, a United States Senator from 1999 to 2007, and the 74th Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. He was a Democrat from 2013 to 2019; in June 2019, The Boston Globe reported that he became a Libertarian, having previously been a Republican until September 2007 and an independent and then a Democrat in the interim. He is the last non-Democrat to hold statewide and/or Congressional office in Rhode Island.

The son of Republican politician John Chafee, who was the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, the United States Secretary of the Navy, and a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee's first elected office was as a member of the Warwick City Council in 1985. After John Chafee died in 1999, Lincoln Chafee was appointed to fill his father's seat in the U.S. Senate to which he won a full term in 2000. (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 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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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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Doyle Avenue Historic District is a historic district which extends along Doyle Avenue from North Main Street to Hope Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The district features late 19th and early 20th century revivals and late-Victorian architecture, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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Image 1The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 2In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 3Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 4University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 5Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 6In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 7Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 8The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 9In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 10University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 11Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 12Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 13Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 14The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 15The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 16The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 17Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 18Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 19Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 20Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
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 23Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 24Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 25A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 26Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 27A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 28The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 29Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 30Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 31Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 32The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 33Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 34Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 35The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 36Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 37The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 38University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 39The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 40The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 41Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 421884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 43University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 44Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 45Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 46The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 47A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 48A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 49The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 50Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 51The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 52Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 53The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 54In 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 551884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 56Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 57County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 58Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 59In 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 60In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 61Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 62The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 63The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 64County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)

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Easton Beach in Newport, Rhode Island

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