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Rhode Island moves to shorten formal name

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (UPI) -- Rhode Island officials are pushing for a vote to let residents decide whether to shorten the state's formal name, which critics say is evocative of slavery.

The state House of Representatives voted 70-3 to allow residents to vote on whether to shorten the name from State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to simply "State of Rhode Island," WPRI-TV, Providence, R.I., reported Tuesday.

The state Senate passed a similar bill, but the two houses must settle on a single version before it can go forward.

Critics of the "Providence Plantations" portion of the state name say it is evocative of slavery, while opponents of the name change say it is an unnecessary abandonment of tradition, WPRI-TV said.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 07/01/2009

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07-10-2009 12:05

aimee in RI wrote:

that is strange. i think we should just keep it as it is... and how it always has been

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07-10-2009 01:59

bobbyr54 wrote:

Rhode Island

Boy you did it again. It is Rhode Island, but it's official name is not State of... but its full propper name makes it the smallest state, but with the longest name. The state's full and proper name is: Commonwealth of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation.

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07-03-2009 14:15

H.O.'Tex' Tennant wrote:

Rhode Islsnd Name change

After all the years some idiots want to change the name of the state. Forbid it Almighty God !!!
The name was selected by those who founded the State, bled for the State and now idiots want to change it!!! Some of these IDIOTS never lived in the State .

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07-03-2009 10:23

wrote:

What's next? The White House?

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