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Archaeologists unearthed 35 bottles of cherries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 250-year-old fruits, many still intact, can shed new light on those who lived and worked there.

Jason Boroughs, Mount Vernon’s principal archaeologist, said the discovery of so much perfectly preserved food from more than 250 years ago is essentially unprecedented.

Archaeologists found something incredibly rare in the cellar of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon: Two intact jars of cherries buried in the basement of the first U.S. president's house ...

The family depended on hundreds of enslaved people to run Mount Vernon. 35 bottles of cherries were discovered buried in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home.

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project.

While excavating in George Washington's cellar during Mansion Revitalization, Mount Vernon archaeologists discovered two intact sealed bottles containing cherries preserved within a liquid content.

Washington inherited Mount Vernon in 1761. Hundreds of enslaved men, women and children lived there over the years.

A new exhibit tells the stories of those enslaved by George Washington on his Mount Vernon estate. It opens on Juneteenth.