It's taken nearly four years of study and deliberation, but Rhode Island now has a plan to physically remove the phrase "Providence Plantations" from most, although not all, places where it is ...

A seal of the State of Rhode Island that was embedded in a walkway ... version of the emblem that included the words "and Providence Plantations." It will eventually be replaced.

Providence Plantations and Rhode Island. Providence Plantations was the name of the colony founded by Roger Williams in the area now known as the City of Providence. Rhode Island was the area now ...