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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 most of 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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Ida Silverman in 1957

Ida Silverman (Hebrew: עידה סילברמן; 31 October 1882 – 1 November 1973) was a Jewish philanthropist, who with her husband helped found approximately 100 synagogues, mostly in Israel. She is the only woman to have served as vice president of the Zionist Organization of America and the American Jewish Congress.

A Russian immigrant, Silverman arrived in the United States before she was a year old. Her family settled in Providence, Rhode Island, where she completed her schooling, married, and had four children. While doing relief work during the First World War, she became aware of the depth of social problems and the effects of war on refugees. Joining the Zionist movement in the 1900s, within a decade she became a motivational speaker, advocating for the establishment of a permanent Jewish home in Palestine. (Full article...)

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William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton (1786–1853), one of Unitarianism's leading theologians. Channing was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public speeches, and as a prominent thinker in the liberal theology of the day. His religion and thought were among the chief influences on the New England Transcendentalists although he never countenanced their views, which he saw as extreme. His espousal of the developing philosophy and theology of Unitarianism was displayed especially in his "Baltimore Sermon" of May 5, 1819, given at the ordination of the theologian and educator Jared Sparks (1789–1866) as the first minister of the newly organized First Independent Church of Baltimore. (Full article...)

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Ninigret Pond is a coastal lagoon in Charlestown, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, located at 41°22′45″N 71°38′43″W / 41.3792677°N 71.6453401°W / 41.3792677; -71.6453401. It is the largest of nine such lagoons (often referred to as "salt ponds") in southern Rhode Island.

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Image 1Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 2The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 3A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 4Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 5In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 6A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 7Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 8Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 9Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 10University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 11The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 12Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 13County 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 14Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 15The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 16County 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 17Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 18The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 191884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 20Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 21University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 22Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 23A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 24In 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 25The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 26Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 27Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 28Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 29Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 30Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 31The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 32The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 33The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 34Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 35Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 361884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 37The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 38Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 39The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
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 Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 43The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 44In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 45The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 46Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 47Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 48The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 49Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 50Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 51The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 52University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 53In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 54The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 55Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 56The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 57In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 58Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (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 60A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 61Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 62The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 63University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 64Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)

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