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Location of the state of Rhode Island in the United States of America

The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

State insignia

Type Symbol Image Adopted
Flag Flag of Rhode Island 1640 (originally)
1916 (formally)
Motto Hope Hope 1664
Nickname The Ocean State
Little Rhody
The Plantation State 		The Ocean State
Little Rhody
The Plantation State 		1971
Seal Seal of Rhode Island 1644
Slogan Unwind Unwind
 2000
Coat of Arms Coat of Arms of Rhode Island 1822

Living symbols

Type Symbol Image Adopted
Bird Rhode Island Red Chicken
Gallus gallus domesticus 		1954
Fish Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis 		2000
Flower Violet
Viola sororia 		1968
Tree Red Maple
Acer rubrum 		1964
Shell Quahaug
Mercenaria mercenaria 		1987

Earth symbols

Type Symbol Image Adopted
Fruit Rhode Island Greening 1991
Mineral Bowenite 1966
Rock Cumberlandite 1966

Cultural symbols

Type Symbol Image Adopted
Drink Coffee Milk 1993
Song Rhode Island, It's for Me 1996
Tartan Rhode Island State Tartan 2000
Yacht Courageous 2000
Ship USS Providence 1993
Folk Art Crescent Park Looff Carousel 1985

United States coin

Type Symbol Image Coined
Quarter dollar Rhode Island Quarter 2001 2001

References

  • "State Symbols". Government of Rhode Island. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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