Portal:New England/Did you know/9
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- ... 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?