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| When filing the papers for the town with the BLM, Brown decided that the town should be named after the first President of the United States, [[George Washington]].<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=A Brief History of the City of George, Washington |url=http://www.cityofgeorge.org/history/history.htm |publisher=City of George |accessdate=November 28, 2021}}</ref> | When filing the papers for the town with the BLM, Brown decided that the town should be named after the first President of the United States, [[George Washington]].<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=A Brief History of the City of George, Washington |url=http://www.cityofgeorge.org/history/history.htm |publisher=City of George |accessdate=November 28, 2021}}</ref> |
| The citizens of the town have named their streets after varieties of [[Cherry|cherries]] grown in the area, such as [[Bing cherry|Bing]] and [[Royal Ann cherry|Royal Anne]].<ref name="World">{{cite news |last=Steigmeyer |first=Rick |date=December 2, 2010 |title=Fields of dreams: George's unrealized potential |work=[[Wenatchee World]]}}</ref> | The citizens of the town have named their streets after varieties of [[Cherry|cherries]] grown in the area, such as [[Bing cherry|Bing]] and [[Royal Ann cherry|Royal Anne]],<ref name="World">{{cite news |last=Steigmeyer |first=Rick |date=December 2, 2010 |title=Fields of dreams: George's unrealized potential |work=[[Wenatchee World]]}}</ref> in reference to an apocryphal story of Washington chopping down his father’s cherry tree as a boy, and admitting to it, saying “I cannot tell a lie.” |
| The town was officially incorporated on July 4, 1957, at a ceremony including Governor [[Albert Rosellini]] and a {{convert|1,000|lb|adj=mid}} cherry pie.<ref name="history" /><ref name="World"/> | The town was officially incorporated on July 4, 1957, at a ceremony including Governor [[Albert Rosellini]] and a {{convert|1,000|lb|adj=mid}} cherry pie.<ref name="history" /><ref name="World"/> |
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