Rhode Island State Facts
Official Name: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Entered Union: May 29, 1790 (13th State)
Present constitution adopted: 1843
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Young, La Monte
(Encyclopedia) Young, La Monte, 1935-, American minimalist composer, b. Bern, Id., U.C.L.A. (B.A., 1958). Young’s family relocated several times…
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