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A society celebrating this person’s birthday ceremonially laid siege to the old city hall in Laredo, Texas. In 2019, (20[1])the San Francisco Board of Education voted to cover up a Victor Arnautoff mural of this person standing near the dead body of a Native American. (0[1])John Greenwood possibly made an object for this person sourced from enslaved people and (*) hippopotamus (10[2])ivory. (10[1])William Frishmuth cast an aluminum apex for a structure named for this person that was eclipsed by the Eiffel Tower as the tallest building in the world. Parson Weems spread a legend in which this person admits “I did cut it with my hatchet.” For 10 points, name this person who supposedly admitted to cutting down a cherry tree as a child before going on to win the Battle of Yorktown. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: George Washington
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Vishesh VermaTroyKinkaid1820
Aatreyo BhattacharyyaMira LomaThomas Jefferson C440
Cindy GaoBelmontHunter A5910
Ethan BositaSt. Mark'sWinston Churchill A5910
Shawn SyedUniversity LabDallas County6010
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson CMira Loma13210

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