Connecticut Flag

The Connecticut state flag is a very interesting one. Besides a simple blue background, a very sophisticated shield adorns the center of the Connecticut flag. The blue is not any common blue available, it is azure blue. The nicely shaped white shield displays three grapevines; each having three bunches of ripe purple grapes on them. A banner beneath the shield bears the words “Qui transtulit sustinet”. These words mean translated “He who transplanted, sustains”, which is the state motto of Connecticut. The official description of Connecticut’s flag states the dimensions of the flag as 5 feet six inches in length and four feet four inches wide. The colors of the flag are azure blue as mentioned before in the background, argent white for the shield, a design of grapevines and grapes in natural colors, the letters in dark blue as well as embroidered corners of the shield and streamer in silver and gold and gold and browns. The Connecticut flag colors stand for the beautiful nature in Connecticut. The design for the Flag of Connecticut was derived from the Seal of the Saybrook Colony. The original seal of Saybrook had 15 grapevines and a scroll held by a hand in the upper left corner. The scroll read a slightly different version of the state motto, “Sustinet qui transtulit”. The three grapevines represented the three original colonies of Saybrook, New Haven and what is now Hartford, Connecticut. The flag of Connecticut was adopted in 1897 by the Connecticut General assembly. The Connecticut flag history can be found on the official web pages of the state of Connecticut as well as in many history books and museums. The Connecticut state flag is on continuous display in the states capital, Hartford.

For educational purposes or just for fun, small rendered drawings of the flag or outlines can be downloaded from several pages.

If you are looking to buy a Connecticut flag, flag stores all over the United States as well as online stores and retailers offer several versions and sizes of the Connecticut state flag. Information and facts about Connecticut and Connecticut's state flag can be founding many good history books and lots of museums, especially in Connecticut of course.

Before the flag was adopted it was already generally accepted with the people of Connecticut as the Connecticut state flag. The beautiful shield design makes this flag sure worth displaying openly. In contrast to many US states the Connecticut blue is nowhere similar to the United States national flag.