Flag of Connecticut

The flag of the U.S. state of Connecticut was adopted in 1897.

Shaping

The flag shows in a baroque shield the seal of Connecticut, which goes back again on a seal from 1784.

The blue base is reminiscent of the uniform color of the militia of the State.

In a tape under the seal is the Latin motto of Connecticut:

" Qui transtulit SustiNet. "

"Who brought over, is obtained. "

This motto probably goes back to Psalm 80. Published in 1889, the state librarian Charles J. Hoadly an article, which states:

"The vines symbolize the Colony Brought over and planted here in the wilderness. We read in the 80th Psalm: ' Thou Has Brought a vine out of Egypt: Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it' - in Latin: Vineam de Egypto transtulisti, ejicisti gentes et plantasti eam '; and the express train our motto was He who did Brought over the vine Continues to take care of it - Qui transtulit SustiNet ' German: The grapes symbolize the colony from which they had been brought into the wilderness.. In Psalm 80 we read: You have brought a vine out of Egypt, and hast expelled the heathen, and planted the same. "

It is also believed that the three vines were chosen to represent the three colonies of New Haven, Saybrook and Hartford.