Favorite Tree Of George Washington. The story goes that when Washington was six years old, he received a hatchet as a gift, after which he promptly went and cut down his father's favorite cherry tree. Wood infuses a famous folktale about George Washington with theatricality, humor, and a Gilbert Stuart - [Steven] We're in the Amon Carter Museum Of American Art looking at one of my favorite [Steven] One of my favorite aspects of this painting is the young Washington, with the mature head.
Most children in the United States, myself included, are taught in elementary school the story of George Washington and the cherry tree.
The story goes that when Washington was six years old, he received a hatchet as a gift, after which he promptly went and cut down his father's favorite cherry tree.
George Washington was a surveyor, farmer and soldier who rose to command the Colonial forces in the Revolutionary War. The trials he faces dealing with mobs and riots while keeping the country together. The famous story of a young George Washington cutting down a cherry tree with his hatchet has captured the imagination of generations.