"I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids--and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."
- Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"
Then and Now Home at Camp Butler
This is a photo showing the Camp Butler house located on the cemetery grounds. In 1906, George Ford moved his family to Camp Butler National Cemetery near Springfield, Illinois where he became the superintendent. The family lived in the house and it was their main residence. Some of Ford's job duties were to keep the cemetery records intact, greeting visitors, and overseeing and working with the relatives of those to be buried there. He retired on Oct. 20, 1930.
