List of Connecticut state symbols
Appearance
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The state of Connecticut has adopted numerous symbols, which are found in Chapter 33, Sections 3.105–110 of the General Statutes of Connecticut,[1] and are listed in the Connecticut State Register and Manual.[2]
Insignia
[edit]Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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Coat of arms | The Coat of arms of Connecticut | 1931 | ![]() |
Flag | White shield with three grapevines on a field of azure blue, with a banner below the shield depicting the state motto. | 1897 | ![]() |
Motto | Qui Transtulit Sustinet (He Who Transplanted Still Sustains) |
1897 | — |
Seal | The Great seal of the state of Connecticut | 1784 | ![]() |
Flora
[edit]Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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Children's state flower | Michaela Petit's Four-O’Clocks (Mirabilis jalapa) |
2015 | |
Flower | Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) |
1907 | ![]() |
Tree | Charter Oak (White oak Quercus alba) |
1947 | ![]() |
Fauna
[edit]Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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Bird | American robin (Turdus migratorius) |
1943 | ![]() |
Dinosaur | Dilophosaurus | 2017 | |
Fish | American shad (Alosa sapidissima) |
2003 | ![]() |
Insect | European mantis, or praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) |
1977 | ![]() |
Animal | Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) |
1975 | ![]() |
Shellfish | Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) |
1989 | ![]() |
Geology
[edit]Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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Fossil | Eubrontes giganteus | 1991 | |
Mineral | Garnet (Almandine garnet) |
1977 | ![]() |
Culture
[edit]Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
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Aircraft | F4U Corsair | 2005 | ![]() |
Pioneering aircraft | Gustave Whitehead's No. 21 | 2017 | ![]() |
Cantata | "The Nutmeg" | 2003 | — |
Composer | Charles Ives[notes 1] | 1991 | ![]() |
Flagship and Tall Ship Ambassador |
Freedom Schooner Amistad | 2003 | |
Folk Dance | Square Dance | 1995 | ![]() |
Hero | Nathan Hale | 1985 | ![]() |
Heroine | Prudence Crandall | 1995 | ![]() |
Poet Laureate | Margaret Gibson | 1985 | |
Polka | Ballroom polka | 2013 | |
Ship | USS Nautilus (SSN-571) | 1983 | |
Song | Yankee Doodle | 1978 | |
Second song | Beautiful Connecticut Waltz | 2013 | |
Tartan | Connecticut state tartan | 1995 | |
Troubadour | Connecticut State Troubadour | 1991 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jacob Druckman was named State Composer Laureate in 1993; he died in 1996.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Chapter 33. Secretary", General Statutes of Connecticut, retrieved 2019-06-06
- ^ Connecticut State Register and Manual (PDF), Secretary of the State, 2018, pp. 819–835, retrieved 2019-06-06
External links
[edit]- "State of Connecticut - Sites, Seals and Symbols". Connecticut State Register & Manual. State of Connecticut. Retrieved 2018-07-25.