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MOUNT VERNON, Va. — 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.

That includes the nation’s first Commander in Chief, Madeira drinker and whiskey distiller George Washington ... we have more evidence that Washington was a fan of fruit too. (No, it isn’t the cherry ...

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 ...