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Archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate found a hoard of 18th-century bottles buried in an old cellar holding their original contents from 250 years before.
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Lily Carhart, curator of preservation collections at George Washington's Mount Vernon, shows two of the 250-year-old bottles recently found buried at Mount Vernon. The bottles contained cherries.
He was famously accused of cutting down a cherry tree, which may or may not have happened, but we do know the first president of the United States stored many bottles of the fruit at his Mount Vernon ...
Archaeologists unearthed 35 bottles of cherries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 250-year-old fruits, many still intact, can shed new light on those who lived and worked there.
Mount Vernon announced back in April, at the start of its archaeological work, that it had found two bottles. As the dig continued, the number increased to 35 in six distinct storage pits.
Archeologist Jason Boroughs discusses artifacts found underneath George Washington's home in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday. Earlier this year, a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit ...
Mount Vernon announced back in April, at the start of its archaeological work, that it had found two bottles. As the dig continued, the number increased to 35 in six distinct storage pits.
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 ...