Grandfather Sun, Grandmother Sky,  we thank you for this day...Mother Earth, Father Mountain we thank you for this place to honor all our grandmothers and grandfathers, to tell their stories, to acknowledge their gifts, to speak our hearts in prayer...

Captain Donald Alan Garrard, we, your physical seed and your spiritual seed, return to this place to honor your memory that lives forever, brave warrior whose sacrifice gave the last full measure of devotion. We remember you in deepest reverence...
We remember Mary Patricia Lucas, your mate, our mother who has now rejoined you. We honor Edmund Willcox Clarke, our father who made with her a long, loving marriage that always gave place to your memory.

We remember your parents, Harold and Ada Garrard who bore unbearable loss with dignity and brave devotion.

We remember Don Dehan Lucas who named this place in your memory and Gertrude Frances Quinlan, his wife who holds you forever in her radiant heart.

We acknowledge many grandparents named Clarke, Wright, Lawson, Foley, Zagha, Feiccabrino, Trangen and others whose names are unspoken.

I have spoken my heart...as it was with all my ancestors....        Ho!

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