George Washington could have planted tree nor'easter just felled on his Mt. Vernon estate

The nor'easter that battered the East Coast Friday blew down a tree from George Washington's day on his famed Mt. Vernon estate in Virginia. The estate says it was a 227-year old Canadian hemlock:

The estate's  senior vice president of visitor engagement, Rob Shenk, tweeted that the nation's first president "likely knew the tree":

The storm is being blamed for at least 9 deaths across several states. Some 437,000 homes and businesses it left without power still didn't have electricity as of Monday morning.