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What is the legend told about George Washington

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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. When his father discovered what he had done, he became angry and confronted him.
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The legend or myth told about George Washington was that he chopped down a cherry tree, he had gotten a hatchet as a gift from his father. He couldn't tell a lie and told his father about damaging the tree. There may be more legends about him, too.

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