List of Rhode Island state symbols
Appearance
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The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
Insignia
[edit]Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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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
[edit]Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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Bird | Rhode Island Red Chicken Gallus gallus domesticus |
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1954 |
Coral | Northern Star Coral Astrangia poculata |
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2021 |
Fish | Striped Bass Morone saxatilis |
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2000 |
Flower | Violet Viola sororia |
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1968 |
Insect | American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus |
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2015 |
Tree | Red Maple Acer rubrum |
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1964 |
Shell | Quahaug Mercenaria mercenaria |
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1987 |
Earth symbols
[edit]Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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Fruit | Rhode Island Greening Apple | ![]() |
1991 |
Mineral | Bowenite | ![]() |
1966 |
Rock | Cumberlandite | 1966 |
Cultural symbols
[edit]Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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Drink | Coffee Milk | ![]() |
1993 |
Song | "Rhode Island, It's for Me" | ![]() |
1996 |
Tartan | Rhode Island State Tartan | ![]() |
2000 |
Yacht | Courageous | 2000 | |
Ship | USS Providence, SSV Oliver Hazard Perry | ![]() |
1993 |
Folk Art | Crescent Park Looff Carousel | ![]() |
1985 |
Appetizer | Calamari | ![]() |
2014[1] |
United States coin
[edit]Type | Symbol | Image | Coined |
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Quarter dollar | Rhode Island Quarter 2001 | ![]() |
2001 |
References
[edit]- "State Symbols". Government of Rhode Island. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "§ 42-4-19. State appetizer", State of Rhode Island General Laws, State of Rhode Island General Assembly, retrieved 2020-07-16