Memorial or cemetery · 1925
Valga War of Independence memorial
Valga Vabadussõja mälestussammas · German: Walk
In Valga town park stands the memorial to those who fell in the War of Independence, crowned by a bronze figure of Lieutenant Julius Kuperjanov, the partisan leader who was mortally wounded at the battle of Paju near Valga in 1919. The original, by Amandus Adamson, was unveiled on 27 September 1925. On 21 September 1940 Soviet activists smashed it. For more than seventy years the park had no monument, until it was restored on its original site and reopened on 16 August 2013, with Kuperjanov recreated in bronze by the sculptor Jaak Soans.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Valga linnapargis seisab Vabadussõjas langenute mälestussammas, mille tipus on leitnant Julius Kuperjanovi pronkskuju – partisanide juhi, kes sai 1919. aastal Valga lähedal Paju lahingus surmavalt haavata. Amandus Adamsoni loodud algne sammas avati 27. septembril 1925. 21. septembril 1940 lõhkusid nõukogude aktivistid selle. Üle seitsmekümne aasta polnud pargis monumenti, kuni sammas taastati endises kohas ja avati uuesti 16. augustil 2013; Kuperjanovi kuju taastas pronksis skulptor Jaak Soans.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valga_Vabaduss%C3%B5ja_m%C3%A4lestussammas ↗