Memorial or cemetery
Monument to the War of Independence in Harju-Risti
Beside Risti church stands a monument of Vasalemma marble, unveiled on 29 June 1924, to the soldiers of Risti parish: eight who fell in the War of Independence on the front, thirty from the First World War on the back. It is one of the very few War of Independence memorials that stayed in place through the whole Soviet period, while most of the more than 150 raised in 1921–1940 were destroyed. In 2011, cleaners in the church tower found the memorial wreath given by the Ministry of War in 1924, the only one known in Estonia, which had lain on the church vaults throughout the occupation.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Risti kiriku kõrval seisab 29. juunil 1924 avatud Vasalemma marmorist sammas Risti kihelkonna sõduritele: esiküljel kaheksa Vabadussõjas langenu, tagaküljel kolmekümne ilmasõjas langenu nimed. See on üks väheseid Vabadussõja mälestusmärke, mis püsis oma kohal kogu nõukogude aja, samas kui enamik 1921–1940 rajatud üle 150 sambast hävitati. 2011. aastal leiti kirikutorni koristades Sõjaministeeriumi 1924. aastal kingitud mälestuspärg – ainus teadaolev terves Eestis –, mis oli kogu okupatsiooni aja kiriku võlvidel seisnud.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harju-Risti_Vabaduss%C3%B5ja_m%C3%A4lestussammas ↗