N.Y. College Says Forgotten Book Reveals Lock Of George Washington's Hair
Union College believes the hair made its way from Alexander Hamilton's family to its archives and remained buried between the pages of a book until a librarian stumbled across it.
by Amy Held
Feb 16, 2018
2 minutes
Apocryphal stories about our nation's first president abound.
Wooden dentures? Experts say disabusing the public of this myth is like ... well, pulling teeth. (And George Washington did have several pulled, having suffered mightily from dental problems.)
A young George is said to have been unable to fib about chopping into his father's plant with a hatchet. A good story,
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