This humorous cartoon caught my eye as I paged through a 1972 issue of American Heritage. The page was carefully removed from a damaged edition of this vintage book. 

 

As we know, the story goes that when Washington was six years old, he received a hatchet as a gift, after which he promptly went and cut down his father’s favorite cherry tree. 

In this cartoon, the illustrator changes the message a little:  "FATHER, I CANNOT TELL A LIE. I HAVE TRASHED THE CHERRY TREE AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE ANTI-PROGRESSIVE, ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES OF THIS PLANTATION."

It's quite a statement, considering it was done over 50 years ago!

The page is in good condition. Edges were trimmed. Page now measures 7 7/8" x 10 1/8". The opposite side has part of an unrelated article. 

I'll place the page inside a plastic sleeve and add pieces of white foam board for protection, while mailing by USPS Ground Advantage. I'll mail the same day, or next day after payment is received. 

Following is some info on this illustrator / cartoonist:

(1917 - 2005)

Michael Ramus was born in Naples, Italy. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, he attended Yale University and studied lithography at the Art Students' League in New York City. He served four years in the U.S. Army during World War II, where his duties included painting war-time patriotic posters.  After the war, he volunteered as a night-time airplane spotter for civil defense in Princeton.

Throughout his career as an illustrator, he also made drawings, paintings, and sculptures.  Ramus’ illustrations have been published in American Heritage, Audubon, Sports Illustrated, Life, and Smithsonian.  Many of his sculptures such as the large-scale tool series of the late 1980s were constructed of cardboard and then painted to stimulate the textures and surfaces of actual objects.