30/10/09

Changing Rhode Island’s Name

vía Kelso's Corner de nathaniel el 30/10/09
[Editor's note: I thought someone was joking when they mentioned Rhode Islanders are trying to change their state name. Turns out this is for real. Wacky!] Republished from Wikipedia. The name Rhode Island and Providence Plantations derives from the merging of two colonies, Providence Plantations and Rhode Island. Providence Plantations was the name of the colony founded [...]