George Washington’s fondness for cherries is often woven into the fabric of American folklore, epitomized by the apocryphal tale of him chopping down a cherry tree and confessing to his father ...

Schmidt Bakery began selling their Cherry Thing-a-Lings at 4 a.m. Thursday morning. Every Presidents Day, the bakery serves their deep fried cherry fritters. It's based on the legend of George ...

We all know the familiar stories about George Washington. The cherry tree he chopped down. (Except he didn’t.) The lies he never told. (Except he did.) His wooden teeth. (Except they weren’t ...

Everyone has heard the story about how George Washington once received an ax as a gift, then proceeded to use it to chop down his father’s cherry tree. When his father came across the damaged ...