Happy Birthday, George... I guess

In honor of the 276th Birthday of the 1st President of the United Snakes, er, States, I would like to share some George Washington history we didn't learn about in school, you know, instead of making the same wooden teeth and cherry tree jokes that are 200-years tired. And so, some George Washington tidbits:

George Washington was the richest man in America.
George Washington grew hemp for fiber productions (among other things) on his Mt. Vernon slave plantation.
George Washington did in fact own 317 slaves that resided at Mt. Vernon at the time of his death.
George Washington brought nine slaves with him to the Executive Mansion as President. Under Pennsylvania law (the Executive Mansion resided in Philadelphia) slaves became legally free after six months. In order to keep his slaves from earning their freedom, he would rotate them between Mt. Vernon and the Mansion, a scheme he hid from the public and which was in fact against the law (looks like Presidents didn't have much regard for the law back then either!).
When Congress passed the the first tax on domestically produced goods at the urging of Washington's Secretary of the Treasury, known as the Whiskey Act, protest began almost immediately. The tax on distilled spirits favored large distilleries (who could take advantage of a flat fee) over smaller ones as well as Western farmers who would often use whiskey as a barter good. In response to protests throughout the country, Washington ordered protesters to appear in U.S. District Court. Protests turned into full-scale riots and Washington invoked Martial Law in several states as well as the Militia Act of 1792 to silence "Whiskey Insurrection" in western Pennsylvania. This would be the first time the federal government would use military forces to exert authority over citizens as well as states.
Interestingly, after he retired to Mt. Vernon from the Office of the President, he opened a 2,250 sq. ft. distillery, one of the largest in the nation.