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What Were the Living Conditions of the Enslaved People at Mount Vernon?

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What Did Washington Think of King George III?

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Did George Washington Have A Bathroom?

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Why Did George Washington Have Slaves?

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What Disease Did George Washington Die From?

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How Old Was George Washington When He Died?

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Did George Washington Use a Bath or Shower?

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Why Didn't George Washington Become King of the USA?

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How Did George Washington Die?

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Did George Washington Have Kids?

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Why Didn't George Washington Abolish Slavery?

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What Did George Washington Eat?

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Who carried George Washington's casket? Freemasons? #AskMountVernon

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Was George Washington's Family Rich?

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The TRUTH About The Cherry Tree Myth

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Where Did Martha Washington Sleep as a Widow?

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What Was George Washington's Bed Made Of?

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What Was George Washington's Favorite Color?

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Did Martha Washington Have Children With George Washington?

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Would You Survive the French and Indian War?

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How Old is George Washington's House?

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Did George Washington Have Any Friends?

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Did George and Martha Washington ever fight? #AskMountVernon

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Did George Washington Ever Kill Someone?

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How Did Washington Feel About the Sons of Liberty?

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Did George Washington Have Good Handwriting?

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How did George Washington get along with Native Americans? #AskMountVernon

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How Did George Washington Make Money?

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How Tall Was George Washington?

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What Was George Washington's Favorite Food?

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When is George Washington's Birthday?

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Did George Washington Have A Gun?

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Did George Washington Have a Christmas Tree?

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What is the Oldest Tree on George Washington's Estate?

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Was George Washington bald? #AskMountVernon

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Did George Washington Have Any Brothers and Sisters?

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How did George and Martha Washington meet? #AskMountVernon

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What Is George Washington's Middle Name?

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What was the FINAL Letter George Washington Wrote?

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Why Does George Washington's Bathroom Have Three Seats?

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Who was George Washington's Vice President? And what did he think about him? #AskMountVernon

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How did George Washington acquire Mount Vernon? #AskMountVernon

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What Was George Washington's Favorite Book?

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How Did Mount Vernon Get Its Name?

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How did George Washington Become a Great General? #AskMountVernon

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What advice would George Washington give to current leaders? #AskMountVernon

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How Old Was George Washington When He Got Married?

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Did George Washington Have a Dog?

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How Long Did It Take to Restore the Mansion?

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Did George Washington BUY or INHERIT Mount Vernon? #AskMountVernon

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How Long Does It Take to Restore a Room?

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Did George Washington Build His Mansion?

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What Kind of Horses Did George Washington Own?

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How Long Did George Washington Ride His Horse?

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How Did George Washington Get So Rich?

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What inspired George Washington to lead the United States?

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What is George Washington's Favorite Animal?

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Did George Washington Go to School?

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How Many Pets Did George Washington Have?

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Did George Washington Cook Pigs in His Smokehouse?

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How Did George Washington Vote on Independence?

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What Was George Washington's Favorite Plant?

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Did George Washington Watch YouTube?

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How Many Horses Did George Washington Have?

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The TRUTH About The Cherry Tree Myth

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We've all heard the story about George Washington and the cherry tree, which contains the infamous line "I cannot tell a lie". Is there any truth to this story, or is it a myth? Learn more about the cherry tree myth: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/cherry-tree-myth/ #AskMountVernon