George Washington Grew & Used Hemp at Mount Vernon - Hemp History Week

A group of hemp farming supporters visited Mount Vernon during Hemp History Week, May 17 - 23, 2010, and were taken on an educational tour exploring George Washington's farming and use of industrial hemp. Tour guides show the areas where hemp was grown at Mount Vernon as well as how George Washington used hemp for textiles, fish nets and other purposes. More info at Hemp History Week: http://www.HempHistoryWeek.com

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• George Washington
• Mount Vernon
• industrial hemp
• hemp farming
• hemp history
• Hemp History Week
• crafts

[HearSeeLearn]

Keep the truth alive! What good are history books when they don't report history?

[Anomki]

Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere! - George Washington, First U.S. President

Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?

- Henry Ford

[fecalophagus]

There are many other applications to it's use, as well, and I'm not just speaking pharmaceutically.

[Hypefiend]

@TheEbonicslover but people are buying it aren't they? And if you are talking about tobacco you can buy a pack for about $4.99 you call that expensive? who are you buying your cigarettes from?

[TheEbonicslover]

@Hypefiend is that why they're so expensive and regulated now?

[Hypefiend]

@TheEbonicslover but tobacco does.

[TheEbonicslover]

using hemp doesn't really help the depopulation agenda the bankers have.

[st4ticblu3]

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[slade420]

awesome vid, SUB!