Brother Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Two Statues and Enjoyable Research

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Name

Brother Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Two Statues and Enjoyable Research.pdf

Speaker

Rt. Wor. William Maurer

Presented

George Washington Lodge of Research No. 1732

Date Presented

03/07/2020

Category

History

Keywords

American History;#Biography;#George Washington

Spreading

252

Pages

Summary

This is a biography of Brother and Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel, a famous sculptor and a Brother of Mountain City Lodge No. 67 in Lexington, Virginia. He was the first Jewish cadet at Virginia Military Institute (VMI). The first statue mentioned in the title refers to a bronze statue of George Washington at VMI which was removed by Union troops and later returned. The second was sculpted by Brother Moses in plaster, later cast in bronze and presented to VMI, "Virginia Mourning Her Dead".