CONNECTICUT
CT
"THE CONSTITUTION/PROVISION/NUTMEG STATE/LAND OF STEADY HABITS"
'Qui Transtulit Sustinet'
('He Who Transplanted, Still sustains')
'Road Legally Closed, Pass at Your Own Risk'
CAPITAL: Hartford
ADMITTED TO UNION: January 9, 1788 - 5th State
FLOWER: Mountain Laurel (Calico Bush Spoonwood) (kalmia Latifolia)
TREE: White Oak (Quercus Alba)
BIRD: American Robin (Turdus Migratorius)
INSECT: European or "Praying" Mantis (Mantis Religiosa)
STUMP: Charter Oak
ANIMAL: Sperm Whale (Physeter Macrocephalus)
MINERAL: Garnet (Almadine Garnet)
SHELLFISH: Eastern Oyster (crassostrea Virginica)
FOSSIL: Eubrontes Giganteus
SHIP: 'U.S.S. Nautilus'
HERO: Nathan Hale
HEROINE: Prudence crandall
FOLK DANCE: Square Dance
COMPOSER: Charles Ives
POET LAUREATE: Leo Connellan
SONG: "Yankee doodle"
REGION: New England State
External Resources
1. Wikipedia on Connecticut <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut>
2. Official State Portal <http://www.ct.gov/>
3. U.S. Census on Connecticut <http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/09000.html>
4. Weather Underground for Connecticut <http://www.wunderground.com/US/CT/>
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