The Real George Washington

Founding father, commander of the Continental Army, and America's first president - George Washington's face is as familiar as the dollar bill. Today, the discovery of the ruins of George Washington's childhood home reveals the man behind the myth.

National Geographic joins a team of experts as they unearth a collection of revealing artifacts that help to set the record straight on Washington's fabled youth. And, we witness as forensic investigators recreate George Washington's face - not as painters and sculptors have romanticized him, but as The Real George Washington.