No lie: Perfectly preserved centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington’s Mount Vernon
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MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — George Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but he did pack away quite a few bottles of the fruit at his Mount Vernon home.
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Perfectly preserved centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington's Mount Vernon
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No lie: Perfectly preserved centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington’s Mount Vernon
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The story of a six-year-old George Washington chopping down a cherry tree may be a myth, but archeologists excavating Mount Vernon, the home of the United States’ first president, made the very real discovery of 35 glass bottles filled with cherries and berries.
Archaeologists excavating the home of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon, have unearthed 35 glass bottles filled with perfectly preserved berries and cherries.
MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — George Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but he did pack away quite a few bottles of the fruit at his Mount Vernon home.
MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — George Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but he did pack away quite a few bottles of the fruit at his Mount Vernon home. Dozens of bottles of cherries and berries — impossibly preserved in storage pits uncovered from the…
Dozens of bottles of cherries and berries — impossibly preserved in storage pits uncovered from the cellar of his mansion on the banks of the Potomac River...
