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Nicknames | The Ocean State, The Smallest State, Plantation State, Little Rhody | 1971 |
Motto | Hope | 1875 |
Song | Rhode Island’s It For Me | 1996 |
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Flower | violet (Viola sororia) | 2001 |
Tree | red maple (Acer rubrum) | 1964 |
Fruit | greening apple (Malus) | 1991 |
Bird | Rhode Island Red (Gallus gallus) | 1954 |
Marine Mammal | harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) | 2016 |
Fish | striped bass (Morone saxatilis) | 2000 |
Insect | American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) | 2015 |
Shell | quahaug (Mercenaria mercenaria) | 1987 |
Soil | Narragansett (unofficial) |
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Mineral | bowenite | 1966 |
Rock | cumberlandite | 1966 |
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Appetizer | calamari | 2012 |
Drink | coffee milk | 1993 |
Tartan | 2000 | |
Yacht | Courageous | 2000 |
Flagship & Tall Ship Ambassador | Replica of the Continental sailing vessel known as “Providence” | 1992 |
Sailing Educational Vessel | SSV Oliver Hazard Perry | 2013 |
March | Rhode Island | 1996 |
Folk Art | The Charles I.D. Looff Carousel (also known as the Crescent Park Carousel) | 1985 |
Flag Pledge | 1910 |
Rhode Island Symbols ˆ
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