OUR MISSION: TO PROMOTE CURIOSITY AND EDUCATION BY BRINGING TO LIFE STORIES OF PEOPLE AND PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES, ONE STATE AT A TIME.
  • Introduction
  • Maine - Current
  • New Hampshire - Previous
  • States Completed
  • Meeting the Team
  • Doing It Together
Rhode Island In a Glance
State Motto: Hope
Population:  1,097,379
Size:  1,214 square miles
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DID YOU KNOW:
  • The largest city is state capital, Providence, with a population of 190,934
  • The state was host to the first Baptist church, Synagogue and Quaker meetinghouse
  • The first state to abolish slavery
  • You cannot buy alcohol in supermarkets
  • ​There are 21 lighthouses on 400 miles of shoreline
  • The utensil, the Spork, was invented in this state
  • Almost 400 Rhode Islands can fit inside of Alaska
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TOP ABSOLUTES TO VISIT AND DO IN RHODE ISLAND:
  • ​​Block Island and Block Island Ferry
  • ​Two Little Fish Bar and Misquamicut Drive-in for "Jaws"
  • Rogers William Park in the capital city of Providence
  • Umbrella Factory and Farm Yard Shops 
  • Newport Creamery for Awful Awful Shakes
  • The Breakers Gilded Age Mansion
  • International Tennis Hall of Fame
  • White Horse Tavern (oldest tavern in the United States)
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WIERD LAWS IN RHODE ISLAND:
  • It is illegal to own a cap gun
  • It is illegal to sell both toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same Providence resident on Sundays
  • Intentionally biting off someone's limb is illegal
  • It is illegal to impersonate a auctioneer
  • It is illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley car
  • It is a law that you need to make loud noises when passing someone on the left
  • Unmarried people having sex will both be fined 10 dollars
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STATE SYMBOLS:
  • BIRD - Island Red (chicken)
  • INSECT - American Burying Beetle
  • FLOWER - Violet
  • FOOD:  Coffee Milk
  • FISH: Striped Bass
  • SHELL: Quahaug
  • ROCK: Cumberlandite
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  • Introduction
  • Maine - Current
  • New Hampshire - Previous
  • States Completed
  • Meeting the Team
  • Doing It Together