History Writing Prompt — George Washington and Marijuana
3 min readMay 3, 2021
There is a legend about one of our founding fathers. Surprise! For real, there is one that is partially accurate but not quite the way it has been portrayed over the years. Our first president, George Washington, is said to have grown marijuana. So if he did, why shouldn’t we?
George Washington grew hemp in his garden, not marijuana. The official Mount Vernon site…
