Dedication

Dedication at Manning Park: Montecito CA

17 November 2021

Thanks

To the The County of Santa Barbara for assisting in the relocation of the 23strong Memorial to a public park to be assessable to all.

To the many donors, with hearts and hands, who assisted the project.

To Patrice Handley for the thoughtful blessing: - in part -
”We might imagine as we’re standing here in this glorious setting between the mountains and the sea that Saint Isidro, the patron saint of those who tend the land, and for whom these grounds of hospitality are named, and Saint Castorius, the patron saint of sculptors….the two of them celebrating in the higher realms as they see this marvel of creation, dedicated to the lives and souls of the
“23 Strong” - the 23 who will be strong in our hearts forever”