Connecticut
State Information
Get to know Connecticut before you incorporate
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/)
Information Source: http://www.ct.gov/
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