Young George Washington confessing to cutting down a cherry tree. In undoubtedly the most famous story about Washington's boyhood, he received a hatchet for a gift, and used it to hack at a cherry tree.

Did Abe Lincoln chopped down a cherry tree?

He went about chopping everything that came his way. One day, as he wandered about the garden amusing himself by hacking his mother's pea sticks, he found a beautiful, young English cherry tree, of which his father was most proud. He tried the edge of his hatchet on the trunk of the tree and barked it so that it died.

Who chopped down the cherry tree George Washington or Abraham Lincoln?

George Washington never chopped down a cherry tree, but Abraham Lincoln was honest. Although there were other myths about Washington in Weems's book, the cherry tree myth became the most popular. After Washington's death in 1799 people were anxious to learn about him, and Weems was ready to supply the demand.