page_title: Confederate Memorial (Arlington National Cemetery)
section_title: Designing the memorial
hierarchical_section_title: Confederate Memorial (Arlington National Cemetery) / Designing the memorial
caption_attribution_description: English: Moses Jacob Ezekiel (October 28, 1844 – March 27, 1917), an American sculptor who lived and worked in Rome for the majority of his career.
context_page_description: The Confederate Memorial is a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States, that commemorates members of the armed forces of the Confederate States of America who died during the American Civil War. Authorized in March 1906, former Confederate soldier and sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel was commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in November 1910 to design the memorial. It was unveiled by President Woodrow Wilson on June 4, 1914.
  The memorial grounds have changed slightly due to burials and alterations since 1914. Some major changes to the memorial were proposed over the years, but none has been implemented. Since the memorial's unveiling, the President of the United States has almost always sent a funeral wreath to be laid at the memorial every Memorial Day. Some presidents have declined to do so, and the tradition is controversial.
caption: Moses Ezekiel in 1914.
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