Funny and true nicknames of the state Connecticut
Constitution State (official, currently used on license plates) Nutmeg State Provision State Blue Law State Freestone State Land of Steady Habits
- Constitution State: Though often disputed by
historians, John Fiske argued that the Fundamental Orders of
1638-39—written in Connecticut—bore the first principles evidenced in
the U.S. Constitution. Former Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme
Court, Simeon E. Baldwin, defended Fiske’s claim by writing: “never had a
company of men deliberately met to frame a social compact for immediate
use, constituting a new and independent commonwealth, with definite
officer, executive and legislative, and prescribed rule and modes of
government until the first planters of Connecticut came together for
their great work on January 14th, 1638-9.”
What are the unofficial nicknames of Connecticut state?
Nutmeg State: Because the early settlers of
Connecticut were innovative and shrewd, a story developed that they were
able to sell wooden nutmeg. This story is said to have originated with
Judge Haliburton, or Sam Slick. Another story notes that Connecticut
peddlers didn’t actually sell wooden nutmeg, but that southern buyers
didn’t know that nutmeg had to be grated and thus called it ‘wood.’ It
was first known as the “Land of Wooden Nutmegs,” then “The Wooden Nutmeg
State,” and eventually just “The Nutmeg State.”Provisions State:
Connecticut provided most of the artillery and food for the Continental
forces during the Revolutionary War. Albert E. Van Dusen writes that
“perhaps the best indication of Connecticut’s pre-eminent position as a
supply state is found in Washington’s very frequent appeals to Trumbull
for help in provisions.”The Blue Law State:
Refers to “Blue Laws” or religious laws in colonial New England that
must be observed on Sundays. They usually prohibit entertainment and
leisure.Land of Steady Habits: A biblical allusion to the strictly religious and moral character of Connecticut’s colonial settlers.The Freestone State: Official nickname in 1843.Arsenal of the Nation: Another allusion to Connecticut supplying artillery to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
