Ahwahnee Belongs To Me

Yosemite 
Hiked Yosemite 

yosemite fog in snow

Yosemite mossy trees in snow

John Muir cries

Railroad Delaware North Corp sued USA over loss of Ahwahnee Hotel, Curry Village... 
as business property

Who does Yosemite belong to?


Chief George Dick is my ancestor.

Canyon live oak, choke cherry and golden brodiaea are my sustenance.


Past years Delaware North (DNC) filed copyrights of
historic names, federal protected National Park lands in Yosemite.
DNC lost the contracts to concessions to Aramark.
Ha Ha they think.
Aramark will have to rename and re-brand every sign, napkin and rock in Yosemite.
"Go climb a rock,"  no more ~ patented words not allowed to speak on lips. 

March 2016 Ahwahnee Hotel becomes Majestic Yosemite Hotel. 

I alone brand Mariposa tulips.  

Shower in the fire of Horsetail Falls.

Employees at the hotel  know nothing

Decline to comment in shame.

Who cares if they paint over the hand 

trimmed borders in the rooms?

Who cares if greed walks off with the

hearth andirons? 

Who owns the names of history?

Copyright

Whose right?

Filing my claim. 

Ahwahnee belongs to me.

#saveyosemitenames

Poem photographs and video copyright © 2016 Caroline Gerardo

Do you think a Corporation (DNC) should keep our national treasures?