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State : [[Rhode Island]] | State : [[Rhode Island]] | ||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Argent a chevron between three leopards’ faces gules, on a chief of the last two Indian arrowheads of the first. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
These are the arms of Richard Smith, the first permanent settler in the town, differenced by a chief charged with two arrowheads for the Indian natives. | |||
The arms were designed and approved in the 1930s by the Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission. | |||
The town currently uses a version in two colours only and with cats instead of leopards: | |||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
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[[Category:US cities and towns]] | [[Category:US cities and towns]] | ||
[[Category:Rhode Island]] | [[Category:Rhode Island]] | ||