Editing Esek Hopkins (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Esek Hopkins statue wide view.jpg|thumb|Statue of Hopkins by [[Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson]] in Hopkins Square, Providence]]

Three [[United States Navy]] vessels have been named {{USS|Hopkins}} in his honor, two destroyers and a patrol boat.

A statue of Hopkins by [[Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson]] was dedicated in 1891 on the site of the former Hopkins family cemetery at Charles and Branch Street.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Comery |first1=Beth |title=Happy Birthday Esek Hopkins |url=https://providencedailydose.com/2018/04/26/happy-birthday-esek-hopkins/ |website=Providence Daily Dose |access-date=29 June 2020 |date=26 April 2018}}</ref>

In June 2020, the Providence School Board voted to remove Hopkins' name from '''Esek Hopkins Middle School''', citing Hopkins' association with the slave ship ''Sally.''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Edward |title=Providence and state education leaders support renaming Esek Hopkins Middle School |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/18/metro/providence-superintendent-ri-commissioner-back-renaming-esek-hopkins-middle-school/ |access-date=1 July 2020 |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=18 June 2020}}</ref>

Hopkins adopted, and helped to popularize, the "[[Gadsden flag]]" that depicts a Timber rattlesnake with 13 rattles representing the 13 Colonies with the phrase "Don't Tread on Me" on a Yellow background.  He adopted the banner as his personal flag and flew it from the mainmast of his flagship USS Alfred while he was aboard.