Wandering Wednesday - Connecticut

Wandering Wednesday:
State: Connecticut
Capital: Hartford
Entered the Union: Jan 9,1788 (5th state)
Facts: the name derived from and Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”
Born here: Mark Twain, PT Barnum, Ethan Allen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Katherine Hepburn, Nathan Hale
In the Revolutionary war they served as the Continental armies supplier called the “Arsenal of the Nation”.
Cattle branding started here when farmers were required by law to mark their pigs.
1889 the first car insurance was issued in Hartford.
In 1901 the first automobile speed limit was passed in CT set at 12 mph
Home to the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published – The Hartford Courant est. 1764
The first telephone book had 50 names and was published in New haven 1878
State Song: Yankee Doodle 

The capital building

with its amazing dome. The light and colors were vibrant

Lovely Statues
This is a replica of the "Genius of Connecticut" which was once mounted on top of the dome but was damaged in a hurricane in 1938.

 Nathan Hale - A soldier in the American revolutionary war who was captured and executed he is best known for his last words - " "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."

Senate chair -  made from the wood of the charter oak tree, which fell down in 1857. The top of each post has an acorn springing from oak leaves, while the posts and arms are entwined with branches of oak with leaves and acorns. An eagle is at the back center. The state coat of arms is in the shield on the back. they actually let us tourists sit in it. It isn't very comfortable.

And a cannon ball embedded in a tree

 
 A hungry squirrel

 Mark Twain

 and his house