A monument marking the place of death of the first Lithuanian Military School graduate, soldier Jurgis Sidaravičius
Memorial site

In 1919. on the night of August 23 to 24. The 1st Infantry Regiment of the Lithuanian Army launched the Zarasai-Daugavpils offensive operation, with the aim of forcing the Red Army to withdraw from Lithuanian territory. The most important direction of the regiment's attack was towards Zarasai along the Daugavpils-Kaunas highway. Taking advantage of the extremely mountainous terrain and lakes, the Bolsheviks were well entrenched in the Bružai position and successfully stopped the attackers. 15 Lithuanian soldiers were killed during the attack on the Bolshevik defensive positions, including the first student of the Military School to die in the battles for Lithuanian independence, private Jurgis Sidaravičius (1900–1919).

During the interwar period, the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Regiment and the students of the Military School took care of the memory of J. Sidaravičius. At the place of his death, the Baltriškės riflemen in August 1939 erected a beautiful granite monument with the text: "1919.VIII.24. ATA. At the rising of the sun of freedom, the 1st pp. caružas Jurgis Sidaravičius died honorably." The monument is located in a very remote place on a high hill, so it did not come into the way of the Soviet authorities during the Soviet years and was not demolished.