Fun Fact 2: The state flag of can be described as; a white shield that depicts three grapevines each one bearing three bunches of purple grapes. Below the shield is a yellow edged white ribbon with the state motto "He who Transplanted Sustains Us" upon it. The motto and the grapevines represent the first settlement of English people in the 1630's, who where 'transplanted' like a grapevine from Massachusetts to Connecticut
Fun Fact 3: The Capital city of Connecticut is Hartford
Fun Fact 4: The land area of this American state covers 5544 square miles
Fun Fact 5: There are three bordering states they are; Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York
Fun Fact 6: The state nickname is 'The Constitution State', because the first written constitution, also called the "The Fundamental Orders", were established in Connecticut
Fun Fact 7: The state flower is Mountain Laurel
Fun Fact 8: The official State Song of Connecticut is called "Yankee Doodle"
Fun Fact 9: The largest city is Bridgeport, followed by New Haven and Stamford
Fun Fact 10: Connecticut was first explored by Dutch navigators in 1614. Over twenty years later in 1635, settlers from Massachusetts Bay colonized in the Connecticut River valley region
Fun Fact 11: The official State Animal is the Sperm Whale. Sperm Whales are declared as an endangered species as their numbers have declined rapidly in recent years
Fun Fact 12: Presidential Fact! The 43rd President of America, George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut
Fun Fact 13: Bridgeport in Fairfield County has the biggest population of Connecticut, with over 144,000 people. Circus-promoter and former mayor P.T. Barnum, is a famous resident of the city, and it is is claimed that the Frisbee originated in Bridgeport
Fun Fact 14: One of the oldest newspapers in America that continues to publish today is the Hartford Courant, it was established in 1764
Fun Fact 15: Wildlife that can commonly be found in Connecticut includes: opossums, shrews, moles, bats, hare, beavers, chipmunks, groundhogs and squirrels |
