No Lie: Perfectly Preserved Centuries-Old Cherries Unearthed at George Washington's Mount Vernon MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — George Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous ...

Martha Washington, writing from Philadelphia to Bassett, who lived at Mount Vernon, mentions that she would like “some of the morelly cherrys” dried, adding, “I should think old Doll cannot ...

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 ...