State Nickname: “The Constitution State” was adopted by Act of the Legislature, 1959. Connecticut is also known as “Nutmeg State”, the “Provisions State”, and the “Land of Steady Habits”.
Capital City: Hartford
Economy:
Agriculture: While agriculture no longer holds its once-prominent position in Connecticut’s economy, farming is still important to the state. The most important crops are dairy, poultry, forest and nursery, tobacco, vegetables and fruit.
Industry: manufacturing, insurance, corporate industries, etc.
State Motto: “Qui Transtulit Sustinet,” means (He who transplanted continues to sustain.) It is an adaptation of Psalms 79:3 of the Latin Vulgate Version of the Bible, which reads, de Aegypto transtulisti, Ejicisti gentes et Plantasti eam.
Source: http://www.statehousegirls.net/ct/symbols/motto/
State Flag: Inspired by a memorial from the Anna Warner Bailey Chapter of the daughters of the American Revolution, Governor O. Vincent Coffin, on May 29, 1895, introduced to the General Assembly the first proposal for the adoption of a State Flag. On that same day the Assembly passed a resolution appointing a special committee to prepare a designation of the flag already generally accepted as the official flag of the state.
State Seal: After the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, the inscription on the colonial seal was no longer appropriate. Therefore, in May of 1784 the General Assembly directed the Secretary to alter the inscription to read “SIGILL. REIP. CONNECTICUTENSIS.” However, when a new version of the seal was prepared, the inscription contained the words spelled out —SIGILLUM REIPUBLICAE CONNECTICUTENSIS (Seal of the State of Connecticut). There has been no subsequent alteration to the official state seal. In 1931, the General Assembly required that all representations of the state seal conform to the description in Chapter 54 of the Public Acts of that year. This legislation also prohibited reproduction of the seal except by or under the direction of the Secretary of the State.
State Flower: Designated as the State Flower by the General Assembly in 1907, the Mountain Laurel is perhaps the most beautiful of native American shrubs. Its fragrance and the massed richness of its white and pink blossoms so vividly contrast with the darker colors of the forests and the fields that they have continually attracted the attention of travelers since the earliest days of our colonization. First mentioned in John Smith’s “General History,” in 1624 specimens were sent to Linnaeus, the famous botanist, by the Swedish explorer Peter Kalm in 1750.
State Tree: Deep-rooted in the historic tradition of Connecticut, the Charter Oak is one of the most colorful and significant symbols of the spiritual strength and love of freedom which inspired our Colonial forebears in their militant resistance to tyranny. This venerable giant of the forest, over half a century old when it hid the treasured Charter in 1687, finally fell during a great storm on August 21, 1856. (Photo courtesy of : http://www.hartnet.org/)
