Archaeologist Nick Beard was gently pushing aside the hardened dirt in the basement of George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon, Va., last fall when he spotted the mouth of a glass bottle.
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Centuries-old bottles of cherries unearthed at George Washington’s home
The two, rare intact bottles, about 250 years old, were discovered by archaeologists working in the Mount Vernon basement
April 22, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. EDT