What did George Washington squirrel away under the ... legend holds that he disobediently chopped down the cherry tree and admitted the deed. It’s unlikely Washington himself picked the cherries ...

but not the ornamentals popular today Washington’s birthday is a good time to think about cherry trees. But rather than questioning whether George really chopped down the tree and then admitted ...

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.

"If George Washington did, indeed, chop down a cherry tree, as generations of Americans have believed, this is where it happened," said Philip Levy, who is a historical archaeologist and professor ...

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 ...

When George Washington was a boy, the story goes that he chopped down a family cherry tree and then confessed with the immortal words: ‘Father, I cannot tell a lie...’ If only all politicians ...

We all know the familiar stories about George Washington. The cherry tree he chopped down. (Except he didn’t.) The lies he never told. (Except he did.) His wooden teeth. (Except they weren’t ...