Rhode Island (U.S.)

Last modified: 2005-03-12 by rick wyatt
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by Mario Fabretto, 24 February 1998

• Legal Description
• History
• Flag of 1794
• Flags of 1877-1897
• Coat of Arms
• Governor's flag
• State Military Crest

Municipal Flags

• Cranston
• Smithfield

Other flags

• Rhode Island National Guard Troop Command
• Rhode Island Colonial/Rev. War Flags
• Rhode Island Regiment (Revolutionary War)

See also:

• Rhode Island Symbols
• United States of America
• States of the United States

One of the original 13 colonies, Rhode Island is represented by a star and a stripe on the 13 star U.S. flags.

Rhode Island General Laws
Section 42-4-3 State flag. - The flag of the state shall be white, five feet and six inches (5'6") fly and four feet and ten inches (4'10") deep on the pike, bearing on each side in the center a gold anchor, twenty-two inches (22") high, and underneath it a blue ribbon twenty-four inches (24") long and five inches (5") wide, or in these proportions, with the motto "Hope" in golden letters thereon, the whole surrounded by thirteen (13) golden stars in a circle. The flag shall be edged with yellow fringe. The pike shall be surmounted by a spearhead and the length of the pike shall be nine feet (9'), not including the spearhead