"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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This is the gravestone of Annie Arnold Smith, first black school teacher in Gum Springs. She was the wife of Dandridge Smith, grandson of West Ford. Her gravestone is located next to...
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Headstone of James Irvine Ford, son of Major George Ford and Harriet.
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Cousins, Dr. Judith Saunders Burton, Linda Allen Hollis, and Ruby Saunders visiting the slave cemetery at Mount Vernon 1998.
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Black and white photograph of George Ford, son of John Ford, on May 20, 1931, working as tomb guard at George Washington's final resting place. (Photo Credit MVLA).
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Major George W. Ford was the superintendant of Camp Butler National Cemetery for 25 years. During his lifetime, he would be superintendent of five national cemeteries. The collage shows...
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Photo of 50th Wedding Aniversary of Elise and James Allen. Front left to right standing: Carol, Linda, Joy, Janet, Barbara, Timothy, Angela, Gregory and James Jr.
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The Mansion house is approximately 3500 square feet with 21 ones. West Ford was instrumental in telling the MVLA when they bought the property about the original room decor (I Cannot Tell...
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A description of Dr. Cecil Bruce Ford when he was on his high school track and field team.
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Photo of a gathering with Dr. Burton.
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George Washington (from private collection LABH).
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Article on the dedication of the slave cemetery at the Mount Vernon Plantation.
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Couple outside their of their residence in Galesburg, Illinois.
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Siblings of Harrison Ford - left to right: Terry Ford Dobson, Karen Ford-Paialli, Wayne Ford and Allison Ford.
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Linda and her husband, Emerson Mark Hollis. Linda has 3 sons; Julian Wells, Ian Bryant and Russell Bryant (stepson). Her husband Mark has two daugthers, Stacey Hollis and Anaise Rodgers....
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Jane Ford Smith was the daughter of West Ford and Priscella Bell. She was born abt. 1816. Her husband, Porter Smith, worked at the Mount Vernon Estate and as the local blacksmith. The...
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Land and Tax Record of William Ford's acres given to him by his father, West Ford. This land is now known as Gum Springs in Virginia.
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This is the entryway to the slave cemetery and the monument for the enslaved at Mount Vernon. (Credit Gum Springs Museum, Ron Chase Curator).
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Some of the audience members at the Slave Commemoration at the Mount Vernon Slave Cemetery October 2021.
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Ford Descendants visit the Museum at Mount Vernon, 2022. From left to right - Mark and Linda Allen Hollis, Allison Wickens (Vice President of Education at Mount Vernon), Joy Allen Stone,...
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Photo of Camp Butler and the tombstones honoring the dead soldiers' final resting places.
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