List of Rhode Island state symbols
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The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
Insignia
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
Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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Bird | Rhode Island Red Chicken Gallus gallus domesticus | ![]() | 1954 |
Coral | Northern Star Coral Astrangia poculata | ![]() | 2021 |
Fish | Striped Bass Morone saxatilis | ![]() | 2000 |
Flower | Violet Viola sororia | ![]() | 1968 |
Insect | American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus | ![]() | 2015 |
Tree | Red Maple Acer rubrum | ![]() | 1964 |
Shell | Quahaug Mercenaria mercenaria | ![]() | 1987 |
Earth symbols
Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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Fruit | Rhode Island Greening Apple | ![]() | 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, SSV Oliver Hazard Perry | ![]() | 1993 |
Folk Art | Crescent Park Looff Carousel | ![]() | 1985 |
Appetizer | Calamari | ![]() | 2014[1] |
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.
- ^ "§ 42-4-19. State appetizer", State of Rhode Island General Laws, State of Rhode Island General Assembly, retrieved 2020-07-16
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