The story is that George Washington had wooden teeth, and while he did have dental troubles and dentures, they weren’t made out of wood.
More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the ...
Founding father myths: Did George Washington really have wooden teeth? - On this day 250 years ago, Washington would have ...
George Washington's biggest battle? With his dentures, made from hippo ivory and maybe slaves' teeth
We have all heard the tales about George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River and, of course, wearing wooden teeth. They are all just myths, but ...
Contrary to popular belief, George Washington never wore wooden teeth. They were carved from hippopotamus ivory and elephant ivory. He lost his first adult tooth when he was 22 years old. Despite ...
This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. History classes haven't done a great job of ridding popular presidential myths from the American consciousness. Everything from our presidents' most ...
Susan P. Schoelwer, the Robert H. Smith senior curator at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, sinks her teeth into the truth about some famous dentures.
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! George Washington, portrayed by historical interpreter Gary Beard, talked about his teeth and the myth surrounding them.
In a clever approach to history, Chandra and Comora string together spry stanzas describing the dental difficulties that plagued George Washington. Rhyming verse explains how the general's rotten ...
More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the ...
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