Portal:Vermont/Did you know

Current DYK

...that Brattleboro is the home of the wife of Rudyard Kipling (pictured)?
...that the Vermont State House is in its third incarnation? The first incarnation was "whittled to death" by the legislature, and the second burned down.
...that the Justin Smith Morrill Homestead was one of the first National Historic Landmarks?
...that 2 United States Presidents (Calvin Coolidge and Chester A. Arthur) were born in Vermont?
...that the Long Trail is the oldest long-distance trail in the United States?
...that Vermont is one of the only four states in the United States to completely ban billboards?
...that the Green Mountain Boys have been around in Vermont for almost 250 years?

...that former Governor Howard Dean is currently the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee?
...that Fort Dummer was the first permanent settlement in Vermont?