"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"
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Scenic backyard view from the Bushfield Manor House 2022. (Photo credit Angela Allen Henry for WFL).
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Linda Allen Hollis and Brenda Parker who was formallly the Coordinator of African American Interpretation at Mount Vernon. The two shared a photo...
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Tombstome of C. Bruce Ford Jr., son of Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford who is buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery.
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.thumbnail.jpg "Theresa and her mother Elizabeth")
A photo of Theresa Branch Allen and her mother Elzabeth Clark. Theresa is the daughter of Henrietta Quander, granddaughter of West Ford (Photo Credit: Jacquelyn Allen-Whitehead...
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Photo of Harrison Ford walking his dog in California.
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Photo of the cousins Linda and Judith at Mount Vernon Plantation. The ladies were on an official visit to present documentation on the Ford family legacy.
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Photo of Major George W. Ford in full military attire in the 23rd Kansas Volunteers, with the rank of Major during the Spanish-American War. He became personal friends with Teddy Roosevelt...
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Janet Allen interviewing Corretta Scott King for the Traveler Weekly Newspaper.
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Photo of Ford first cousins - left to right Candy Lynn Ford Webb, Carol Allen Adams, Deborah Pickett, Sharon Pickett, Angela Allen Henry.
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This is a photo of a visit to the Bushfield Estate 2022. From left to right West Ford descendants and sisters: Linda Allen Hollis, Joy Allen Stone, and Angela Allen Henry. Bushfield is...
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This is a photo of a plaque at the Mount Vernon slave cemetery which reads: West Ford (1784-1863), a fomeraly enslaved dman who was hired by the Washington family in the 19th century, is...
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Queenie Cox is the president of the New Gum Springs Civic Association and an activist. She is seen here protesting the widening of Richmond Hwy to 13 lanes. (Photo credit...
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Photo of Dr. Judy Sanders Burton giving lecture in Gum Springs.
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This is a page of George Washington's will in his own handwriting on display in the George Washington Museum.
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Tombstone of James O. Allen and Elise Ford Allen. Elise was the daugther of Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford and her grandfather was Major George W. Ford.
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Photo of Lonnie Allen, husband of Theresa Branch (Photo Credit: Jacquelyn Allen-Whitehead).
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Elise Ford Allen and Bruce Ford with their mother, Florence at a Ford Family reunion Norman Allen sitting and Carol Allen Adams in the background.
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Photo of Florence Ford with grandchildren; James Jr., Carol, and Gregory.
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.thumbnail.jpg "Elise and James formal function")
Elise and James with friends at a formal ball and dinner in Peoria, Illinois.
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