35 bottles from the 18th century filled with cherries unearthed by archeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon ...Middle East

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — 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 real discovery of 35 glass bottles filled with cherries and berries. The bottles were found in five storage pits in the mansion’s cellar, with 29 of them intact and containing “perfectly preserved cherries and berries, likely gooseberries or currants,” according to a news release from George Washington’s Mount Vernon on Thursday. Crews unearthed the 18th-century bottles during the ongoing $40 million revitalization project launched last year at Mount Vernon, V

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