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Interesting Facts ~ Rhode Island is the 44th most populous and the 50th most extensive of the 50 states ~ ~The state attained statehood on May 29, 1790, becoming the 13th state to join the union ~ ~ America’s first industrialized state steam engines, textiles, and jewelry to name a few ~ ~ More than 1,000 manufacturers, state is a leading jewelry producer ~ ~ State was once known as the Jewelry Capital of the World ~ ~ Portsmouth is the first town in USA to be established by a woman, Anne Hutchinson ~ ~ Straw hat industry was launched by 12-year-old Betsey Metcalf in 1798 ~ ~ Statue of the independent man stands at the top of the state building ~ ~ Longest official state name, “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” ~ ~ Block Island wind farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the USA ~ ~ Frederick Grinnell developed one of the first modern sprinkler systems in Providence ~ ~ Oldest restaurant in the USA is the White Horse Tavern in Newport opened in 1763 ~ ~ There is an island called “Rhode Island” in the state of Rhode Island ~ ~ Pelham Street in Newport was the first gas lit street in America ~ ~ Blackstone River Valley can be seen as the birthplace of industry ~ ~ Most critical naval testing service was provided by Newport during World War II ~ ~ St. Mary’s, church where President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier married ~ ~ Smallest state in the USA ~ State nicknamed is the “Ocean State” ~ ~ State is home to the Tennis Hall of Fame, had first National Lawn Tennis Championship ~ ~ State was the last of 13 original colonies to join the Union ~ ~ State hosted the first NFL game at night ~ State bird is the red rooster ~ ~ State’s shoreline on Narragansett Bay in the Atlantic Ocean runs for 400 miles ~ ~ State with the second most Italians in the USA, 80% of state’s population from Italy ~ ~ One of the state’s major industries is higher education with twelve colleges ~ ~ Oldest continuous 4th of July parade known as the “Bristol Fourth of July Parade” 1785 ~ ~ Cap guns are illegal in Rhode Island, and playing with them is criminal ~ ~ Dutch explorer Adrian Block named the state “Roodt Eylandt” meaning “red island” ~ ~ Roger Williams, the founder of the colony of Rhode Island, left Massachusetts ~ ~ Can put a Mr Potato Head on their license plates because of the Hasbro Toy Company ~ ~ State motto is “Hope,” and that is shorter than the state motto of any other state ~ ~ First circus was hosted in Newport May 23, 1774, admission was $0.25 ~ ~ Oldest Catholic Church in Rhodes Island, St Mary’s, was built in 1878 in East Providence ~ ~ Walther Scott started the original diner in 1872 from a wagon he called his diner ~ ~ In 1793 Samuel Slater built a water-powered cotton spinning machine ~ ~ First Baptist Church, the country’s oldest Baptist church congregation in Providence ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
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