There’s a popular myth that George Washington damaged a cherry tree in his youth, then confessed to his father by saying: “I ...

George Washington’s fondness for cherries is often woven into the fabric of American folklore, epitomized by the apocryphal tale of him chopping down a cherry tree and confessing to his father ...

I am related to a man who once knew a man who knew another man who knew George Washington ... was also home to a grand old chestnut tree planted by Washington himself. Using wood taken from ...

Nearly everybody is familiar with the legend of the young George Washington chopping down a cherry tree and then confessing to his father because he "cannot tell a lie." A ...