The U.S. naturalization ceremony at George Washington’s historic Mount Vernon estate included remarks by Arnold ...

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.

George Washington’s mansion gets first major rehab in more than 150 years Much of the historic Mount Vernon home in Virginia will close starting next month for a massive preservation project.

The two bottles come characteristic of styles from the 1750s and were placed in a forgotten pit.

Retropolis More centuries-old bottles of fruit found at George Washington’s home Cherries and unidentified berries, bottled and forgotten about 250 years ago at Mount Vernon, were preserved with ...

Buried in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home, a treasure trove was waiting to be discovered – an enormous amount of preserved cherries. Archaeologists discovered 35 glass bottles with ...

Curator Lily Carhart shows a pipette they used to extract liquid from a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles that contained fruit after they were unearthed from the cellar of George Washington’s ...

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.

Buried in the cellar of George Washington’s Mount Vernon home, a treasure trove was waiting to be discovered – an enormous amount of preserved cherries.

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.