Entered Union (rank):                    May 29, 1790 (13)
Present constitution adopted:       1843
Motto:                                            Hope
State symbols:
        flower: violet (unofficial) (1968)
        tree: red maple (official) (1964)
        bird: Rhode Island red hen (official) (1954)
        shell: quahog (official)
        mineral: bowenite (1966)
        stone: cumberlandite (1966)
        colors: blue, white, and gold (in state flag)
        song: “Rhode Island, It's for Me” (1996)




Official name: The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Nickname: The Ocean State
Origin of name: From the Greek Island of Rhodes

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