by cougar Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:39 pm
Fitzgerald wrote:Any details on Washington smoking herb? Sources?
I mean, he grew hemp, but hemp isn't exactly marijuana.
There really arent many. Years ago I spent a good amount of time researching to little avail. Its more of a rumor (kinda like the cherry tree thing which is not true). There was a painting from the early twentieth century that reminded people that Washington had indeed been involved with the drug. His plantation did have a space reserved for the plant, and it rumored that he spent some Mount Vernon summers with a pipe in one hand and Cornwallis' sword in the other.
[quote="Fitzgerald"]Any details on Washington smoking herb? Sources?
I mean, he grew hemp, but hemp isn't exactly marijuana.[/quote]
There really arent many. Years ago I spent a good amount of time researching to little avail. Its more of a rumor (kinda like the cherry tree thing which is not true). There was a painting from the early twentieth century that reminded people that Washington had indeed been involved with the drug. His plantation did have a space reserved for the plant, and it rumored that he spent some Mount Vernon summers with a pipe in one hand and Cornwallis' sword in the other.