The hand-carved bald eagle by Pittsburgh-based Matthew Carr Woodworks will be installed and dedicated at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston. The eagle is being donated to honor the service of area veterans. Submitted photo

LEWISTON – A hand-carved bald eagle will be installed and dedicated at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street next to the Longley Bridge.

The eagle was donated to honor the service of area veterans, whose names are immortalized on nearly three dozen granite monuments in the park. It was handcrafted in July and August by Pittsburgh-based Matthew Carr Woodworks, an organization affiliated with the nonprofit Eagles for Veterans of Maine.

Carr, the organization’s lead artisan, hand-crafted the eagle with assistance from James McCain, a director of Eagles for Veterans. McCain is expected to attend the ceremony on Monday.

Made of mahogany, the piece is 3 feet wide and 4 feet tall and is designed in the patriotic style of eagles carved in the late 19th century by John Haley Bellamy of Kittery Point, who died in 1914 at age 77.

The eagle will be the first new exhibit at the park since it was severely damaged when the Androscoggin River flooded the area last December.

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