Flag of Connecticut

What the flag looks like

A blue field with a white rococo shield showing three grapevines, above a white streamer reading QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET.

What it means

The three grapevines are often said to represent the colony's first three towns, Windsor, Wethersfield and Hartford, transplanted from England.

How to remember it

Connecticut's seal-on-blue is the one with just three grapevines on a white shield, with no people or animals at all.

Fun facts

• The Latin motto means "He who transplanted still sustains".
• The colonial seal once showed fifteen grapevines; the number was cut to three in 1711.

Connecticut at a glance

Nickname

The Constitution State

Statehood

1788

Capital

Hartford

Region

New England

Population

3.6 million

Area

14,357 km²

Flag adopted

1897

Flags often confused with Connecticut

• Vermont: Connecticut and Vermont both show a single shield-like emblem on blue with a ribbon below. Connecticut's is a white shield with three grapevines; Vermont's is a landscape with a tall pine tree and a cow, topped by a deer's head.