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What kind of tree did George Washungton cut when he was young?​

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A cherry tree

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The cherry tree myth is the most well-known and longest enduring legend about George Washington. In the original story, when Washington was six years old he received a hatchet as a gift and damaged his father's cherry tree

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He didn't. Washington didn't cut down a tree. A story of him cutting down an apple tree to illustrate his honesty, but it never actually happened.

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