"State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" is the longest official name of any state in the Union. 2009 contestation of the name In recent years, the presence of the word plantation in the state's name became a sufficiently contested issue that on June 25, 2009, the General Assembly...
A wide range of local events are arranged to mark Rhode Island Independence Day. Many of these have a military flavor and include: a formal review of the forces by the state Governor; displays of current and historic military equipment, routines and drills; and a battery salute in honor of ...
Because Rhode Island is actually Rhode Island and the Plantation of Newport it originally had five State Houses and one of them was the Colony House. The house is a mish mash on the exterior, and the interior consists of several different centuries of architectural styles, so I will just hit...