Memorial or cemetery
Monument to the War of Independence in Pärnu
Pärnu's War of Independence memorial in the Alevi cemetery was Amandus Adamson's favourite work: on the front a badly wounded soldier kisses the flag, on the back a widow with two children mourns, modelled on the sculptor's own wife, daughter and son. Unveiled on 16 July 1922, it became his grave too, for in 1929 he was buried beside it as he had wished. On the night of 15 April 1945 it was blown up. Next day seven schoolgirls dragged the bronze boy with his wreath to the riverside edge of the cemetery and buried him. The memorial was restored in July 1993.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Pärnu Alevi kalmistul asuv Vabadussõja mälestussammas oli Amandus Adamsoni kõige armsam teos: esiküljel suudleb raskelt haavatud sõdur lippu, tagaküljel leinab lesk kahe lapsega, kelle eeskujuks olid kunstniku enda naine, tütar ja poeg. 16. juulil 1922 avatud sambast sai ka tema hauapaik, sest 1929. aastal maeti ta oma soovil selle kõrvale. Ööl vastu 15. aprilli 1945 sammas lõhati. Järgmisel päeval tirisid seitse koolitüdrukut pronksist pärjapunuja poisi kalmistu jõepoolsesse serva ja matsid maha. Mälestussammas taastati 1993. aasta juulis.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4rnu_Vabaduss%C3%B5ja_m%C3%A4lestussammas ↗