Portal:New England/Did you know/6


 * ... that among Connecticut's contributions to the American Civil War are the Henry rifle and the song "Marching Through Georgia"?
 * ... that The Cyclone at Revere Beach was the world's first roller coaster to reach 100 ft in height?
 * ... that American football star Albie Booth became famous after he scored all of Yale’s points in a 1929 upset win over Army?
 * ... that Frye's Measure Mill is the only remaining water-powered measure mill in the United States after some 150 years of operations?
 * ... that, in 2009, Anne Donahue was one of only five Republicans in the Vermont House of Representatives to vote in favor of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state?