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  2. Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ, pronounced "road") [6] [7] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. [8]

  3. Famous People from Rhode Island: How many of these 50 ... - AOL

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    Rhode Island’s sole billionaire Jonathan Nelson, of Providence Equity Partners, lives in Providence and is worth $3.1 billion, according to Forbes. More: RI billionaires club a lonely place. See ...

  4. Inside U.S.A. - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans is featured in "At The Mardi Gras", with Lillie as the Queen. Wisconsin is featured in "First Prize At The Fair." Lillie and Haley, costumed as New Mexico Indians, declare "We Won't Take It Back." The romantic "Rhode Island Is Famous For You" turns into a ragtime number and names the most famous products of various states.

  5. You can't get there from here: 9 RI places that don't really ...

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    Here are nine places we find in Unreal Rhode Island: Tower Hill The lookout tower on Tower Hill Road, South Kingstown, is not on the hill you might think it is.

  6. Providence, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Providence (/ p r ɒ v ɪ d (ə) n s / ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities in New England, [7] founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

  7. Howard Dietz - Wikipedia

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    "Rhode Island Is Famous For You" (music Schwartz) from the revue Inside U.S.A. "That's Entertainment!" (music by Schwartz). Introduced by Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant and Fred Astaire in the 1953 film The Band Wagon "You and the Night and the Music" (music by Schwartz) from the musical Revenge with Music.

  8. The iconic Independent Man statue on the RI State House is ...

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    A bronze statue gilded in gold, the Independent Man was was designed by George Brewster, a Massachusetts sculptor who taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, and installed on top of the State ...

  9. Newport, Rhode Island - Wikipedia

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    Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Providence, 20 miles (32 km) south of Fall River, Massachusetts, 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston, and 180 miles (290 km) northeast of New York City.