{"id":147,"date":"2025-08-01T18:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:20:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"147\" class=\"elementor elementor-147\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9da5224 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9da5224\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d958ad9\" data-id=\"d958ad9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44b1ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"44b1ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"41\" src=\"https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000008723.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-39\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000008723.png 768w, https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000008723-300x16.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9443381 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9443381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f919dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f919dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">A revelatory journey through centuries of African American ancestry, cultural erasure, and family resilience. This powerful work is a historical reckoning, an archival resurrection, and a spiritual homecoming. Discover the truth buried beneath generations of silence, separation, and strength.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22ea9e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22ea9e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e61d0e4\" data-id=\"e61d0e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c8e0bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1c8e0bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"floating-social-icons\">\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\" class=\"social-item fb\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n    <span class=\"icon\">f<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"label\">Facebook<\/span>\r\n  <\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\" class=\"social-item ig\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.icons8.com\/ios-filled\/20\/000000\/instagram-new.png\" class=\"icon\"\/>\r\n    <span class=\"label\">Instagram<\/span>\r\n  <\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\" class=\"social-item tw\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Group-1000008719-2.png\" class=\"icon\" \/>\r\n    <span class=\"label\">Twitter<\/span>\r\n  <\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\" class=\"social-item in\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n    <span class=\"icon\">in<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"label\">LinkedIn<\/span>\r\n  <\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n.floating-social-icons {\r\n  position: fixed;\r\n  top: 30%;\r\n  left: 0;\r\n  z-index: 9999;\r\n  display: flex;\r\n  flex-direction: column;\r\n  gap: 10px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.floating-social-icons .social-item {\r\n  display: flex;\r\n  align-items: center;\r\n  background: #f5f3ee;\r\n  color: #000;\r\n  text-decoration: none;\r\n  padding: 10px 15px;\r\n  width: 50px;\r\n  height: 40px;\r\n  font-weight: bold;\r\n  font-family: sans-serif;\r\n  border-radius: 0 30px 30px 0;\r\n  clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 90% 0%, 100% 50%, 90% 100%, 0% 100%);\r\n  transition: all 0.3s ease;\r\n  overflow: hidden;\r\n  white-space: nowrap;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.floating-social-icons .icon {\r\n  margin-right: 10px;\r\n  font-size: 18px;\r\n  flex-shrink: 0;\r\n  height: 20px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.floating-social-icons .label {\r\n  opacity: 0;\r\n  margin-left: 5px;\r\n  transition: opacity 0.3s ease;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.floating-social-icons .social-item:hover {\r\n  background-color: #FFE500;\r\n  width: 180px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.floating-social-icons .social-item:hover .label {\r\n  opacity: 1;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.floating-social-icons .in { color: #444; }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-868014f\" data-id=\"868014f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-667dc26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"667dc26\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbb48ad\" data-id=\"dbb48ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a81b34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a81b34\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4777c50\" data-id=\"4777c50\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d30f731 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d30f731\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"39\" src=\"https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-1000008716-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-184\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-1000008716-3.png 496w, https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Group-1000008716-3-300x24.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f28a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f28a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952a141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"952a141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">David A. Geiger is a U.S. Marine veteran and the writer of this powerful family story. He grew up not knowing much about his past. After years of searching, he found out about his ancestors and their struggles.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Now, he shares his story to help others learn where they come from, too. David believes knowing your family roots makes you stronger. His work honors all the Black families who lost parts of their history\u2014and helps them find it again.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-178d458\" data-id=\"178d458\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0297e8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0297e8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/001_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-53\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/001_2.jpg 745w, https:\/\/dgeiger.client-demo-websites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/001_2-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us A revelatory journey through centuries of African American ancestry, cultural erasure, and family resilience. 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