RIM's publisher, John Palumbo, introduces the April issue.
April 5, 2021
John Palumbo, President and Publisher. Photography by Meaghan Susi.
Did you know the official state dirt of Illinois is the Drummer? How about that Wisconsin’s official state microbe is the
Lactococcus lactis? If you really want to impress at your next virtual cocktail party, just drop the fact that Maryland’s official state sport is jousting or that North Carolina’s official state dance is the Shag, a derivative of Gaelic frivolity from the Appalachians.
A few years ago, the national magazine
The Week published a list of some of the more bizarre state symbols and guess what clocked in as number one? You betcha’, Rhode Island’s official state appetizer, calamari.