Place of Birth of General Johan Laidoner
Memorial site

Photo: Anu Viltrop
Photo: Anu Viltrop
Photo: Mart Mõniste
Photo: Mart Mõniste
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Photo: Anu Viltrop
Johan Laidoner's birthplace Raba farm sign, KLM FT 26 F, Estonian War Museum - General Laidoner Museum, http://www.muis.ee/museaalview/3749584
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 Vardja küla, Viljandi vald, Estonia, Viljandimaa
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The farmhouse on Raba Farm in the village of Vardja, where General Laidoner was born, has not survived. It is thought to have been destroyed before World War II, as a monument was erected in its place in 1937. The monument was demolished in 1940 and restored in 1990. In recent years people have been regularly placing candles at the old farmstead on the general's birthday, 12 February.

 

Used sources and references:

Sakala. https://sakala.postimees.ee/6898444/johan-laidoneri-sunnist-moodub-tana-136-aastat