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List of Connecticut state symbols

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The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

State Insignia

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Flag Flags of the U.S. states The flags of the U.S. states exhibit a wide variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as widely different styles and design principles. Modern state flags date from the 1890s when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago...	White shield with three grapevines on a field of azure blue, with a banner below the shield depicting the state motto.	1897
Seal Seals of the U.S. states The following gallery displays the official seals of the 50 states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America:-See also:* Coat of Arms of the U.S. States* Seals of Governors of the U.S. States* Flags of the U.S. states...	The Great seal of the state of Connecticut Seal of Connecticut The Great Seal of the State of Connecticut has been the coat of arms of the U.S. state of Connecticut since May of 1784. It depicts three grapevines and a ribbon below with the Latin motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet , with SIGILLUM REIPUBLICÆ CONNECTICUTENSIS in the border.-History:The first...	1784
Coat of arms Coat of arms A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...	The Coat of Arms of Connecticut Coat of Arms of Connecticut The Coat of Arms of Connecticut is an official emblem of the State, alongside the Seal and State Flag. The General Assembly of Connecticut adopted a design for the official Arms of the State On March 24, 1931 , which it ordered to be drawn and filed with the Secretary of the State.-Description:The...	March 24, 1931
Motto	Qui Transtulit Sustinet (He Who Transplanted Still Sustains)

Flora

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Flower	Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)	1907
Tree	Charter Oak Charter Oak The Charter Oak was an unusually large white oak tree growing, from around the 12th or 13th century until 1856, on what the English colonists named Wyllys Hyll, in Hartford, Connecticut, USA... (White Oak Quercus alba)

Fauna

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Mammal	Sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... (Physeter macrocephalus)	1975
Bird	American Robin American Robin The American Robin or North American Robin is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is named after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related, with the European robin belonging to the flycatcher family... (Turdus migratorius)	1943
Insect	European Mantis European mantis Mantis religiosa, referred to as the European Mantis outside of Europe and known simply as the Praying Mantis in Europe and elsewhere, is one of the most well-known and widespread species of the order Mantodea.-Overview:... , or Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa)	1977
Fish	American Shad American shad -Introduction:The American shad or Atlantic shad, Alosa sapidissima, is a species of anadromous fish in family Clupeidae of order Clupeiformes. It is not closely related to the other North American shads... (Alosa sapidissima)	2003
Shellfish	Eastern Oyster Eastern oyster The eastern oyster — also called Atlantic oyster or Virginia oyster — is a species of true oyster native to the eastern seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of North America. It is also farmed in Puget Sound, Washington, where it is known as the Totten Inlet Virginica. Eastern oysters are and have... (Crassostrea virginica)	1989

Geology

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Fossil	Eubrontes giganteus Eubrontes Eubrontes is the name of fossilised dinosaur footprints dating from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic. They have been identified from France, Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, Australia and the USA...	1991
Mineral	Garnet Garnet The garnet group includes a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. The name "garnet" may come from either the Middle English word gernet meaning 'dark red', or the Latin granatus , possibly a reference to the Punica granatum , a plant with red seeds... (Almandine garnet)	1977

Culture

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Song	Yankee Doodle Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a well-known Anglo-American song, the origin of which dates back to the Seven Years' War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut...	1978
Ship		1983
Hero	Nathan Hale Nathan Hale Nathan Hale was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British...	1985
Heroine	Prudence Crandall Prudence Crandall Prudence Crandall , a schoolteacher raised as a Quaker, stirred controversy with her education of African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut...	1995	Square Dance Square dance Square dance is a folk dance with four couples arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, beginning with Couple 1 facing away from the music and going counter-clockwise until getting to Couple 4. Couples 1 and 3 are known as the head couples, while Couples 2 and 4 are the side couples...	1995
Poet Laureate	John Hollander John Hollander John Hollander is a Jewish-American poet and literary critic. As of 2007, he is Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University...	2006
Composer	Charles Ives Charles Ives Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original"...	1991

See also

List of Connecticut-related topics
Lists of United States state insignia
State of Connecticut

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