List of Connecticut state symbols
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
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
Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
---|---|---|---|
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
Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
---|---|---|---|
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
Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Fossil | Eubrontes giganteus | 1991 | |
Mineral | Garnet (Almandine garnet) | 1977 |
Culture
Type | Symbol | Year | Image |
---|---|---|---|
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
- ^ Jacob Druckman was named State Composer Laureate in 1993; he died in 1996.
See also
References
External links
- "State of Connecticut - Sites, Seals and Symbols". Connecticut State Register & Manual. State of Connecticut. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
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