List of Connecticut state symbols
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Location of the state of Connecticut in the United States of America
The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
State 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 |
---|---|---|---|
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 | ![]() |
Fish | American shad (Alosa sapidissima) |
2003 | ![]() |
Insect | European mantis, or praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) |
1977 | ![]() |
Mammal | 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 | ![]() |
Cantata | "The Nutmeg" | 2003 | — |
Composer | Charles Ives | 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 | Dick Allen | 2010 | |
Ship | USS Nautilus (SSN-571) | 1983 | |
Song | Yankee Doodle | 1978 | |
Tartan | Connecticut state tartan | 1995 | |
Troubadour | Kristen Graves | 2013 |
See also
External links
- "State of Connecticut - Sites, Seals and Symbols". Connecticut State Register & Manual. State of Connecticut. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
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