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4 days ago · Mount Vernon Principal Archaeologist Jason Boroughs said, “This incredible discovery at Mount Vernon is a significant archaeological find. Not only did we recover intact, sealed bottles, but they contained organic material that can provide us with valuable insight and perspective into 18th-century lives at Mount Vernon.
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3 days ago · Archeologists have made a remarkable find at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in the ground beneath the cellar — two sealed bottles containing plump cherries. The discovery was made recently ...
13 hours ago · While excavating the cellar of President Washington's home at Mount Vernon, Va., an archaeologist found two glass jars poking out of the dirt. They hold 250-year-old preserved cherries.
1 day ago · MOUNT VERNON, Va. — It's a story that's 250 years in the making. Archaeologists just discovered not one but two intact jars of cherries in George Washington's home in Mount Vernon. The discovery ...
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1 day ago · The centuries-old bottles recently unearthed by archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon may have held a brandy-based cherry flavored drink popular in the eighteenth century – and a ...
4 days ago · In a rare find, two bottles containing liquid as well as pits, stems, sodden cherries and gooey residue, buried for about 250 years, have been found at Mount Vernon in Virginia.