Bronze Lion - Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

"A reclining, but alert, full-maned lion is installed on a low, sloped base on the Haggerty family plot. His front paws hang over the top of the base and his head is turned to look over his proper left shoulder."
"Erected by the Haggerty family in memory of the sculptor's brother, Michael Charles Haggerty, who died in a car accident June 30, 1974 at the age of fourteen. The work was cast at Syracuse University with the assistance of art professor Rodger Mack.
Michael, who was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, was later disinterred and relocated to the existing site due to objections to the lion monument from authorities responsible to the Syracuse Diocese Cemeteries. IAS files contain article from the Syracuse Herald, American Stars Magazine, Jan. 11, 1987."

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"as a child Michael liked to pretend to be a lion." "was buried here in 1982."

TITLE: Bronze Lion ARTIST(S): Thomas Haggerty DATE: Cast April 1982. Dedicated Nov. 2, 1982. MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze with dark brown patina; Base: concrete with fine granite pebbles. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY001318 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Oakwood Cemetery, 940 Comstock Avenue, Lot #1, Syracuse, New York 13210 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Find A Grave has the comment "as a child Michael liked to pretend to be a lion."

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