Remains of Washington’s boyhood home found
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) — After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington’s boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock River in northeast Virginia.
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Digging into the red clay of Ferry Farm, a former plantation in Fredericksburg, has unearthed the footprint of the home of the nation’s first president when he was a young boy.
It is nestled along 800 acres of rolling farmland, cherry trees and the banks of the Rappahannock River.
The George Washington Foundation, which announced the findings Wednesday, thinks the Washington family moved to the site in 1738, when George was just 6 years old. Washington lived there until 1754 when, at the age of 20, he moved to Mount Vernon. The future president’s mother, Mary Washington, lived at Ferry Farm until 1772.
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Archaeologists hope the site will shed light on the gray areas in the life of America’s most famous founding father. It was at the Fredericksburg farm where Washington, according to legend, could not lie to his father about chopping down a cherry tree.
But Paul Nasca, the foundation’s staff archaeologist, said it was unlikely that any of the farm’s cherry trees fell victim to the young Washington’s ax.
"There’s no doubt the Washingtons had cherry trees out here," Nasca said. "But we do believe the great tale of Washington chopping down the cherry tree is myth. We haven’t found the cherry tree, and I don’t think we’ll ever find the cherry tree."
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However, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, on hand for the official announcement of the find Wednesday, said the legend still speaks to Washington’s honesty and integrity. "Even if they are myths, they portray what people thought of him," Kaine said.
The historic site is open for visitors. In five to seven years, the foundation hopes to build a replica of the house near where the original stood.
Nasca said researchers have uncovered everything from early Native American to Civil War-era human occupation on the site.
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