name of this specific tree which stands approximately 50’ tall with roots spread nearly the same width across the wetlands. Its roots have stretched languidly over the centuries and over the ground, ebbing and flowing with the Everglades themselves. Local custom is to spread the ashes of loved ones at the base of the tree so that they themselves may become part of Memorial Tree. This tree has seen generations of Floridians, and generations of Floridians have become one with this tree. Memorial Tree is not static; it is everchanging, just as the nature of art, and life itself. 33
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