Connecticut flag

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The flag of the US state of Connecticut was adopted in 1897.

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The flag shows the Connecticut seal in a baroque shield , which in turn goes back to a seal from 1784.

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

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

"Qui transtulit sustinet."

"He who brought over will be preserved."

This motto probably goes back to Psalm 80. In 1889, State Librarian Charles J. Hoadly published an article which reads:

“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 Aegypto transtulisti, ejicisti gentes et plantasti eam '; and the motto expresses our belief that He who brought over the vine continues to take care of it - 'Qui transtulit sustinet.' English: The grapes symbolize the colony from which they were brought into the wild. In Psalm 80 we read: You brought a vine out of Egypt and drove out the heathen and planted it. ”

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

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