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Rhode Island Symbols
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Rhode Island State Flag
Providence Plantations
Adopted in 1897.
The flag of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations as it presently exists was formally adopted by the General Assembly at the January Session of 1897.
Rhode Island was the third of the original thirteen colonies to formally adopt a State Flag, New Jersey and New York having done so in 1896. Although of such recent origin it incorporates all the features which from time to time have been prescribed by the General Assembly. The colors, white and blue, are the same as those used in the flags carried by the regiments of the State of Rhode Island during the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. The stars which represent the thirteen original states were also used on flags of the Continental Regiments from Rhode Island during the Revolution. The anchor has been connected with Rhode Island since its foundation. In 1647 the Assembly acting under the Cromwellian Patent of 1643 setting up the Providence Plantations adopted the
anchor as the seal of the province. In 1644 when a more liberal charter was granted by King Charles II to the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, the anchor was again chosen for the seal but the word "Hope" was added over the head of the anchor.
Official description from the Rhode Island (General Laws, Section 42-4-3.)The flag of the State shall be white, five feet and six inches by four feet and ten inches deep on the pike, bearing on each side in the center a golden anchor twenty-two inches high, and underneath it a blue ribbon twenty-four inches long and five inches wide or in these proportions with the motto"HOPE" in golden letters thereon, the whole surrounded by thirteen stars in a circle. The flag to be edged with yellow fringe. The pike shall be surmounted by a spear-head and the length of the pike shall be nine feet, not including the spear-head.
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State Flags
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The flags of the US states exhibit a wide variety of regional
influences and local histories, as well as widely different styles and design principles.
Modern state flags date from the 1890s when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the
1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
flag (flag)
noun
1. a piece of cloth or bunting, often attached to a staff, with distinctive colors,
patterns, or symbolic devices, used as a national or state symbol, as a signal, etc.;
banner; standard; ensign |
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