Episode 186: Shining
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Rhode Island, the White City, the American Spirit
Rhode island was the freest of the colonies. It was America before america. And there in the morning papers, in spectacular illustrations, were buildings worthy of rhode island. Structures of gleaming marble that shone in the dark, lit by the miracle of electricity. The men of providence travelled to every corner of the state to present their vision. They raised millions for marble cut from quarries down in georgia and piled it high in the dirt where emerald lawns would one day roll. Then they stacked it block by block for ten years straight, up on smith hill. When the governor cut the ribbon in 19 o four, the glory state house stood nearly
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