ANSWERS

1. No. Mason Weems concocted this tale for his highly embellished 1800 Washington biography, filled with moralistic children’s stories.

2. Zachary Taylor, who died in July 1850. After downing a bowl of cherries and a pitcher of cold milk in the Washington heat, the 12^th president fell violently ill with stomach cramps. Poor sanitation made raw fruit and fresh dairy a risky meal in 19^th-century D.C.

3. Traverse City, Michigan. Michigan grows about three-fourths of the U.S. cherry crop.

4. Black radical H. Rap Brown in 1967.