The monument was originally situated on the Courthouse Lawn at the junction of North Upper and East Main Street,[2] but was moved to Lexington Cemetery in 2018.

[3] With the help of the state government of Kentucky, the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected the monument on October 18, 1911, on what was then the courthouse lawn.

The monument was dedicated by Morgan's brother-in-law Basil W. Duke, master of ceremonies, and keynote speaker Dr.

We humbly pray for Thy blessing upon the hands that built this monument, the love that inspired it, the principles that sanctified it, and the reunited people who honor it this day.

We pray Thy richest blessings on our reunited country, the asylum of all nations, the glory of the past and the hope of the future.

[8] In November 2015, a committee, the Urban County Arts Review Board, voted to recommend removal of the Morgan and Breckinridge memorials.

[9] After receiving pressure from local grassroots organizing, Mayor Jim Gray re-announced plans to relocate the memorial to Veterans Park in south Lexington.