The inclusion of grapevines into the emblem describes the
State Flag of Connecticut. On closer examination the state flag consists of a white shield with three grapevines and each bearing three bunches of purple grapes on a field of azure blue. While the state motto "Qui Transtulit Sustinet" (He who transplanted, sustains) is placed strategically below the shield. The Connecticut General Assembly approved the adoption of this flag in 1897.
The original design of the flag actually comes from the seal of Saybrook Colony, having been established in 1639. When the Connecticut Colony finally bought Saybrook in 1644, naturally the seal was included in the agreement. Then on October 25, 1711, the governor and legislature of Connecticut revised the design of the seal, reducing the number of grapevines from 15 to three, probably to represent the three original colonies - New Haven, Saybrook, and Connecticut (Hartford) and still retained the original, but rearranged the position of the motto.
Connecticut is a business-minded state, emerging to be having the nation's second highest per capita income. Several firms now involved in the design and production of robotic and fiber-optic equipment had now relocated to Stamford. While Hartford had grown to be the nation's insurance capital, had its headquarters rising above the recently cleaned-up Connecticut River, restoring its importance again as the spawning ground for Atlantic salmon.
The oldest newspaper in the United States, the Hartford Courant (since 1764) is also Connecticut based and still being published.
To be always conscious of its history, the people of Connecticut re-created the Mystic Seaport, a 19th-century port village and maritime museum, where a replica of the slave ship Amistad is its most popular attraction among tourists and visitors to the state.
by:
The Flagman
