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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 fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020; but it has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and is the second-most densely populated state, after New Jersey. The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though nearly all its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city.

Native Americans lived around Narragansett Bay for thousands of years 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". In November 2020, the state's voters approved an amendment to the state constitution formally dropping "and Providence Plantations" from its full name. Its official nickname 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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Platform at Wickford Junction in June 2012

Wickford Junction station is a commuter rail station located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. It is the southern terminus of the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line and serves as a park and ride location for commuters to Providence and Boston. The station consists of a single high-level side platform on a stub-end siding next to the Northeast Corridor mainline.

The first station at the site opened in 1844. In 1870, the Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company was opened from the station to Wickford Landing, where it connected with steamships to Newport, Rhode Island. The station was rebuilt in 1871, expanded in 1887, and rebuilt again around 1890 after a fire. Branch service ended in 1925, but the station remained open until 1981. A new station and parking garage opened on the same site on April 23, 2012, as part of the South County Commuter Rail project, which also included the new T. F. Green Airport station. (Full article...)

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McKee in 2022

Daniel J. McKee (born June 16, 1951) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 76th governor of Rhode Island since March 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as Rhode Island's 69th lieutenant governor from 2015 to 2021.

Born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, McKee received his undergraduate degree from Assumption College and received his Master's degree from the Harvard Kennedy School. He served on the Cumberland town council from 1992 to 1998 and as mayor of Cumberland twice, from 2000 to 2004 and from 2006 until 2014. McKee was elected lieutenant governor in 2014 and reelected in 2018. When Governor Gina Raimondo resigned upon being confirmed as United States Secretary of Commerce in 2021, McKee ascended to the governorship. He was elected to a full term in 2022. (Full article...)

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... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad?
... that a Rhode Island TV station broadcast for 14 months and then was off the air for 26 years before returning?
... that James Diossa rescued the only public library and post office in Central Falls, Rhode Island, when the city went into bankruptcy?
... that Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, Rhode Island, was described as "the finest in the New Haven system"?

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The Breakers is a Vanderbilt mansion located on the Atlantic Ocean at Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It is a National Historic Landmark and a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue Historic District, and is owned and operated by the Preservation Society of Newport County.

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Image 1Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 2The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 3Köppen climate types of Rhode Island, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Rhode Island)
Image 4Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 5Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 6Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 7Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 8University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 9The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority operates a statewide system of bus transport. (from Rhode Island)
Image 10Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 11The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 12In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 13A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 14The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 151884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 16The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 17Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 18Downtown Providence in 2008 (from Rhode Island)
Image 19The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 20Trustom Pond, a lagoon in South Kingstown (from Rhode Island)
Image 211884 Baseball Champion Providence Grays (from Rhode Island)
Image 22University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 23The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 24Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 25The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 26The Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 27The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 28Rocky shoreline in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 29University Hall at Brown University is one of the oldest academic buildings in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 30Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 31Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 32Touro Synagogue in Newport is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States. (from Rhode Island)
Image 33County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 34Topographic map of Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 35Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)
Image 36Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 37Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 38County results of the 2020 Presidential election. Joe Biden (D) won every county. (from Rhode Island)
Image 39The Rhode Island State House in Providence boasts the world's fourth largest self-supported marble dome. (from Rhode Island)
Image 40Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 41In 1680, Newport was the third largest Anglo-American city. It remained a prosperous population center until the 1770s. (from Rhode Island)
Image 42A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 43Rhode Island population density map (from Rhode Island)
Image 44In 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 45The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 46The United States Naval Academy was moved to Fort Adams in Newport during the Civil War. (from Rhode Island)
Image 47Slater Mill in Pawtucket is cited as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
Image 48Ninigret Pond National Wildlife Refuge (from Rhode Island)
Image 49The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge (foreground) and Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge (background)
Image 50In 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 51The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (from Rhode Island)
Image 52Interior of The Breakers, a Newport symbol of the Gilded Age (from Rhode Island)
Image 53In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 54The Towers are a Narragansett landmark. (from Rhode Island)
Image 55Map of Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads (from Rhode Island)
Image 56A southbound Northeast Regional train at Kingston Station (from Rhode Island)
Image 57The Pawtucket Red Sox played at McCoy Stadium (from Rhode Island)
Image 58In 1636, Roger Williams and his followers founded the settlement of Providence Plantations. (from Rhode Island)
Image 59The East Bay Bike Path in Riverside
Image 60Many Rhode Islanders visit Washington County for its beaches (from Rhode Island)
Image 61A nine-pence banknote issued by Rhode Island in 1786 (from Rhode Island)
Image 62Ethnic origins in Rhode Island (from Rhode Island)
Image 63University of Rhode Island's Meade Stadium in Kingston (from Rhode Island)
Image 64Providence Revolutionaries burned HMS Gaspee in Warwick in protest of British customs laws. (from Rhode Island)

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Easton Beach in Newport, Rhode Island

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