Lawmaker Opposes Rhode Island Name Change

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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
06-30-2009
Lawmaker Opposes Rhode Island Name Change

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In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazano, namesake of the bridge that links Staten Island to Brooklyn, discovered Rhode Island. Verrazano laid eyes on what we now call Block Island and called it Louisa. Wouldn't that have made a great name for a state?

Instead, the place that Verrazano discovered, that Adriaen Block charted and where Roger Williams found refuge from Massachusetts, came to be known officially as Rhode Island and Providence ...

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