Rhode Island state motto : "Hope".

[State seal : an anchor. state bird : rooster (Rhode Island Red). Statehood Day : May 29th.]

Providence Renaissance notes : after the fall of Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, & the election of new, activist mayor & governor, politics is getting behind the "Cities Count" project, devised by NGOs, to counter the disequilibrium between wealthy suburbs & impoverished ghetto-cities (Providence, Central Falls, Pawtucket, Woonsocket).