No lie: Perfectly preserved centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington's Mount Vernon
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Archeologist Jason Boroughs discusses artifacts found underneath George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. Earlier this year, a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit were unearthed in the mansion cellar of the America's first president.(AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)George Washington's residence undergoes a $40 million revitalization project in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday June 17, 2024. Earlier this year archaeologists unearthed a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit in the Mansion cellar of the America's first president. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)18th century artifacts found underneath George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. Earlier this year, a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit were unearthed in the mansion cellar of the America's first president. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)Archeologist Jason Boroughs discusses artifacts found underneath George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday June 17, 2024. Earlier this year, a few dozen 18thcentury glass bottles containing fruit were unearthed in the mansion cellar of the America's first president. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)18th-century glass bottles that contained fruit sit inside an archaeology lab near George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. Earlier this year, archeologists unearthed dozens of glass bottles, some of which contained cherries and berries, from the mansion cellar of America's first president. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)George Washington's residence undergoes a $40 million revitalization project in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday June 17, 2024. Earlier this year archaeologists unearthed a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit in the Mansion cellar of the America's first president. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)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 residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)Curator Lily Carhart holds up different samples of liquid they extracted from a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles that contained fruit after they were unearthed from the cellar of George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)18th century artifacts found underneath George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. Earlier this year, a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit were unearthed in the mansion cellar of the America's first president. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)Tourists walk by a cellar door at George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. Earlier this year archaeologists unearthed a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit underneath the Mansion of America's first president. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)18th century artifacts found underneath George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. Earlier this year, a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit were unearthed in the mansion cellar of the America's first president. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)Archeologist Jason Boroughs, right, and curator Lily Carhart, left, point to photographs of a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit that were unearthed in the cellar of George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)18th century artifacts found underneath George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. Earlier this year, a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit were unearthed in the mansion cellar of the America's first president. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)
Archeologist Jason Boroughs discusses artifacts found underneath George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. Earlier this year, a few dozen 18th-century glass bottles containing fruit were unearthed in the mansion cellar of the America's first president.(AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)