Welcome to Connecticut! (Continued below)
Nicknames & Slogans | |||
Nicknames | Constitution State, Nutmeg State | 1959 | |
Symbols of State | |||
Motto | Qui Transtulit Sustinet | > | |
Song | Yankee Doodle | 1978 | > |
EcoSymbols | |||
Flower | mountain laurel (Kalmia-latifolia) | 1907 | > |
Children’s Flower | Michaela Petit’s four-o’clocks (Mirabilis jalapa) | 2015 | > |
Tree | The Charter Oak (Quercus alba) | 1947 | > |
Bird | robin (Turdus migratorius) | 1943 | > |
Animal | sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) | 1975 | > |
Fish | American shad (Alosa sapidissima) | 2003 | > |
Insect | European mantis (Mantis religiosa) | 1977 | > |
Shellfish | eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) | 1989 | > |
Mineral | almandine garnet | 1977 | > |
Fossil † | dinosaur track | 1991 | > |
Dinosaur † | Dilophosaurus | 2019 | > |
Soil | Windsor (unofficial) ![]() |
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Cultural Symbols | |||
Tartan | 1995 | > | |
Hero | Nathan Hale | 1985 | > |
Heroine | Prudence Crandall | 1995 | > |
Flagship | The Freedom Schooner Amistad | 2003 | > |
Pioneering Aircraft | Gustave Whitehead’s No. 21 | 2019 | > |
Folk Dance | square dance ![]() |
1995 | > |
Song (second) | “Beautiful Connecticut Waltz,” composed by Joseph Leggo of Newington | 2013 | > |
Polka | “Ballroom Polka,” written and composed by Ray Henry Mocarski | 2013 | > |
Cantata | Nutmeg | 2003 | > |
Troubadour | Dr. Dennis G. Waring | > | |
Composer | Charles Ives | 1991 | > |
Ship | USS Nautilus (SSN-571) | 1983 | > |
Aircraft | Corsair F4U | 2005 | > |
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