Untrue Legends About George Washington

[loulizlee]

I watched a special about George Washington on NatGeo.  I was fascinated to learn many of the things we learned about him was false.  For instance: 
Washington did not chop down a cherry tree.  Actually, the program presented the fact that he probably did not say "I cannot tell a lie."  Washington did tell many lies during the Revolutionary War for the good of this country.  It was one of his methods of waging war.
Washington did not wooden teeth. - He had many sets of false teeth made of animal teeth and human teeth.
The most seen image of Washington today is not how he really looked.  Computerized images of him made from his skull show a much more handsome man.
Washington did not throw a silver dollar across the Potomac River.

[moonangel]

yup the one that made me mad the most was when roots came out my mom did not let me watch it because she did not want my younger sisters to watch it but it was a history assignment so of course not watching it i got a bit red F now years later the author i think Alex Haley i coould be wrong  anway he came out and sid some of it was true but he made most of it up.

[LenoraMinogue]

These untrue legends about George Washington are fascinating. He's become this almost mythological figure.

[ben50]

member of secret society

[loulizlee]

Oh, yes, he was a member of the Masons. 

[g0ku4life]

A man who said "If you can't send us money, send us tobacco" wins in my book