Portal:New England/Did you know/9


 * ... that the house (pictured) in Danbury, Connecticut, where Charles Ives was born has been moved twice to allow local banks to expand their buildings?
 * ... that descendants of Wigglesworth Dole included a missionary to Hawaii, a governor of Hawaii, an attorney general of Hawaii, and a "pineapple king"?
 * ... that during their first football game against Yale in 1884, the Dartmouth Big Green were routed, 113–0?
 * ... that until 1950, only descendants of Massachusetts Bay or Plymouth colonists could become members of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts?
 * ... that Michael Roach, an American professional soccer player, played in college with future teammates Kevin Alston and Alec Purdie?