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Flag: Flag of Rhode Island: 1640 (originally) 1916 (formally) Motto: Hope: Hope: 1664 Nickname: The Ocean State Little Rhody The Plantation State: The Ocean State Little Rhody The Plantation State: 1971 Seal: Seal of Rhode Island: 1644 Slogan: Unwind: Unwind: 2000 Coat of Arms: Coat of Arms of Rhode Island: 1822
The coat of arms of Rhode Island is an official emblem of the state, [1] alongside the seal and state flag.The blazon (description) was officially adopted by the General Assembly in 1881, to be effective 1 February 1882.
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The flag of the Rhode Island is white and consists of a gold anchor in the center (a symbol for hope) surrounded by thirteen gold stars (for the original Thirteen Colonies and Rhode Island's status as the 13th state to ratify the Constitution). A blue ribbon below the anchor bears the state's motto in gold: "HOPE".
Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Christian minister, Anne Hutchinson, and others seeking religious freedom from persecution in Massachusetts and Europe. The seal's words and emblems were likely inspired by the biblical phrase "hope we have as an anchor of the soul," found in Hebrews , Verse 6:18-19. [ 1 ]
Description: Coat of Arms of Rhode Island. Official, this blazon was officially adopted by the General Assembly in 1881, effective 1 February 1882.
Rhode Island was the only New England colony without an established church. [28] Rhode Island had only four churches with regular services in 1650, out of the 109 places of worship with regular services in the New England Colonies (including those without resident clergy), [28] while there was a small Jewish enclave in Newport by 1658. [29]
Original file (SVG file, nominally 664 × 461 pixels, file size: 18 KB) ... English: Flag of Rhode Island Feb 1st 1882-1897. Date: 7 July 2011, 03:50 (UTC) Source: