Transcript Connecticut - Tabitha Philen

Connecticut
Connecticut is located in
the
Northeast
State Capital
Hartford
The Constitution State
State Nickname
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788.
Connecticut was:
• the 5th state added to the United States.
• one of the original 13 colonies.
Abbreviation: CT
State Flag
Qui Transtulit Sustinet is Latin
for "He who transplanted still
sustains.”
Grape vines represent the colony that was brought across the
Atlantic Ocean and planted in the wilderness.
Psalm 80
8 You have brought a vine out of
Egypt; You have cast out the
nations, and planted it.
9 You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
God brought the colonists over and will continue to take
care of them.
Official State Flower
The Mountain Laurel
A perennial tree native to the United States.
It has beautiful white, pink or purple flowers and brown seeds.
It can grow up to 6 feet high.
State Song
Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle went to town, Riding on a pony,
Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.
{Chorus}
Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step, and with the girls be handy.
Click to listen to
the song on the
internet
Father and I went down to camp, along with Captain Gooding,
And there we saw the men and boys as thick as hasty pudding.
{Chorus}
And there was Captain Washington, upon a slapping stallion,
A giving orders to his men. I guess there were a million.
{Chorus}
Click to view a
recipe for Hasty
Pudding
State Bird
The American Robin
• The American Robin migrates south during
cold weather.
• They eat bugs and fruit.
• You will sometimes see the American
Robin run along the ground looking for food.
•In the spring they build nests of twigs and
leaves with a layer of mud and soft grass.
•They lay small blue eggs.
State Insect
The European Praying Mantis
• The European Mantis is from southern Europe.
• It was introduced to North America in 1899 by a ship carrying
nursery plants.
• The praying mantis is
considered a friend to farmers
because it eats aphids, flies,
grasshoppers, caterpillars, and
moths.
Famous from Connecticut
Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Born in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1811.
• Moved to Cincinnati where she came in
contact with fugitive slaves.
• Authored Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1851.
• Spent her life speaking against slavery both in
America and Europe.