Welcome to Rhode Island!
Rhode Island
Capital: Providence
Nicknames: Ocean State
State Motto: Hope
State Flower: Violet
State Tree: Red maple
State Bird: Rhode Island Red chicken
State Shell: Quahog
State Song: "Rhode Island"
Statehood: Rhode Island was one the last of the 13 colonies to ratify the Constition on May 29, 1790.
Area: 1,214 square miles: Rhode Island is the smallest state.
Meighbors: Connecticut, Massachusetts and the Atlantic Ocean
