Archaeologists are exultant over discovering the boyhood home of George Washington, the first President of the United States. But they got confused when searching for the evidence of a cherry tree and rusty hatchet. There is this very popular story about George Washington cutting down a cherry tree with a hatchet. But since not much is known about his growing phase, it is tough to ascertain if the story holds any truth.

Speaking on this, Philip Levy, the associate professor of history at the University of South Florida, said, ‘If George Washington did indeed chop down a cherry tree, as generations of Americans have believed, this is where it happened’. David Muraca, the director of archaeology for The George Washington Foundation, remarked that this site is important because it happens to be the setting for many important events in George Washington's life.

Since maximum biographies provide little information about the first president's youth, this discovery therefore may provide insight into Washington's childhood, he added. The newly discovered home of George Washington is located at Ferry Farm, just across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg, Va., about 50 miles south of Washington. In the past seven years, three probable locations were excavated by the archaeologists before this zeroed in on this one.  The archaeologists informed that the aim is to reconstruct the building as it was during the 1740s.