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Did George Washington chop a tree?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/28/2022

George Washington did not chop down a cherry tree or say "I can't tell a lie, Pa". This apocryphal story was created by Mason Locke Weems better known as Parson Weems in A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington to show George Washington's honesty.

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