Memorial or cemetery
Monument to the War of Independence in Kolga-Jaani
This monument by Kolga-Jaani church was unveiled on 19 September 1925 for the 17 Lutheran men of the parish who fell in the War of Independence. The parish's Orthodox fallen got their own, very similar monument at Lalsi, a split unique in Estonia. During the first Soviet occupation, on 19 June 1941, it was destroyed. On 29 May 1988 a bronze bust of Villem Reiman, a pastor and leader of the national movement, was unveiled on its old site. Exactly a year later, on 28 May 1989, a slightly smaller copy of the War of Independence monument was unveiled in the southern part of the churchyard. A granite tablet tells its story: erected, destroyed, restored. Pieces of the old monument lie at its foot.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Kolga-Jaani kiriku juures asuv mälestussammas avati 19. septembril 1925 Vabadussõjas langenud 17 luterlikule kihelkonnakaaslasele. Kihelkonna õigeusklikest langenutele püstitati Lalsis oma, väga sarnane sammas, mis on Eestis ainulaadne. Nõukogude esimese okupatsiooni ajal, 19. juunil 1941, sammas lõhuti. Selle kohale avati 29. mail 1988 vaimuliku ja rahvusliku liikumise juhi Villem Reimani pronksbüst. Täpselt aasta hiljem, 28. mail 1989, taasavati kirikuaia lõunaosas Vabadussõja samba pisut väiksem koopia. Graniittahvel jutustab selle loo: püstitatud 1925, purustatud 1941, taastatud 1989. Samba jalamile on asetatud vana samba tükid.