Monument to the War of Independence in Võru
Memorial site

Võru War of Independence Monument is situated at Võru city cemetry. There are 42 graves in cemetery in Võru which belong to soldiers who were killed in the War of Independence. The names of 36 of those buried here are known. The area reserved for them was fenced off with chained bollards from the side of the old cemetery in 1928 and a monument was erected in the centre. The monument was unveiled on 23 June 1938. It surmounted a three-stepped footing, the upper part of the monument forming two steps topped by the Cross of Liberty. The monument was demolished in 1946 and unveiled anew on 23 June 1988. It was the second War of Independence monument in Estonia to be publicly unveiled in an official ceremony. The restored monument was made from concrete and is much wider than the original. Not everyone in Võru was pleased that the monument was being restored: a month prior to its unveiling, the cemetery was vandalised, tombstones were damaged and graves of the fallen were marred.