Freedom Monument in Rauna Memorial site

The monument, created by sculptor Kārlis Zemdegs, is dedicated to the memory of the members of the Rauna parish who fell in World War I and the War of Independence.
As one of the unrealized variants of the Riga Freedom Monument project, it was unveiled on August 20, 1933. The 3rd President of the Republic of Latvia, Alberts Kviesis, attended the opening event.

The original name of the monument was "ES DŪR" - the motto - the spear turns into a kokle and the people are saved by the spirit of song. The base of the monument is decorated with the words of the hymn composed by Baumaņi Kārlis - "God, bless Latvia".

Before the monument was unveiled in 1933, the people of Raunė, while carrying out landscaping work around the monument, planted an oak alley and placed a capsule with the name of a fallen soldier under each oak tree. Later, in 1937, the names of the fighters were engraved on a white marble slab, which is placed in the church.

During the communist occupation, the inscription "God, bless Latvia" was removed from the pedestal. It was restored when the Revival began in June 1989.